Senate Republican holds up jobless benefitsI note that Senator Coburn is up for re-election in November.
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer
25 March 2010
WASHINGTON – As Congress raced to leave Washington for its Easter recess, a Republican senator blocked a stopgap bill to extend jobless benefits, saying its $9 billion cost should not be added to the national debt.
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At the center of the battle is Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who's insisting that the measure be "paid for" so as not to add to the nation's $12.7 trillion debt.
Might he have a credible Democratic challenger?
Even if not, I'm really hoping someone at DNC is paying attention & writing this down - for use in October: "Repugs hate U.S. citizens!"
... and, just out of curiosity, how often did Senator Coburn vote FOR off-budget war funding, never suggesting that we somehow needed to pay for it?
Unfortunately, Senator Coburn will be re-elected without opposition. The Democrats can not recruit a candidate to run against him. Coburn is not even bothering to raise money. And Oklahoma is the reddest state in the country.
ReplyDeleteThe next time that the State of Oklahoma threatens to secede from the country the USA would do well to accept the offer. It would be the best thing that could happen to Congress.
Sigh. This sounds like a failure of DSSC - even if no Dem candidate could be elected, at least making Coburn scramble for $$$ would be a good thing.
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