For those without the luxury of time to monitor Congress, here's a sample of worthy legislation Senate Republicans have been blocking. Job-creating legislation.
Another example would be the President's Jobs Bill, among others . Please keep this in mind when you hear the right-wing "job creation" campaign rhetoric—often coming from the very people who cast a vote against measures like this one!
These right-wing Senators are playing by the #1 rule their leader, Mitch McConnell announced just after President Obama took the oath of office. That is, Republicans should stop any legislation that might be popular with the American people. And you know the why of it. The goal has been to keep our President from winning a second term, even when their obstructionism is detrimental to the well-being of our Country! Shame. Shame.
We need more Dems in the Senate and the House. Send any help you can to Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio (Republican Super Pac money is pouring into Ohio to defeat him; that tells you he's a good, hard-working public servant courageous enough to take a stand when having the courage to take a stand is something we don't often see.) And we could give some help to Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts. Middle and low income Americans especially need her presence to keep down the Wall Street/banks abuse of consumers.
Our Democrats in Congress don't sign a pledge to vote against any taxes under any circumstances. How foolish is THAT for raising revenue and reducing our debt? There's a guy named Grover Norquist who has been successful in getting the GOP candidates/members of Congress to sign his pledge. NO new taxes? What does a country run on? Monopoly money? Jeeez.
Anyway, vote right. Vote early or absentee if you can!
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