Senate Republicans Shaft Veterans

 Here's an excerpt from Robert L. Borosage's piece on Thursday's Senate's action ( HuffPost):

. . . So yesterday, in one final vile act before adjournment for the elections, Senate Republicans used a point of order to block passage of the Veterans Jobs Corps proposal that would have provided a modest $1 billion to hire veterans to tend federal lands or gain priority in hiring at police and fire departments. The bill was crafted with bipartisan support. 58 Senators supported the bill, but Republicans put together the 40 votes needed to block its passage. 

Mr. Borosage goes on to explore possible reasons for this irresponsible action by the Senate GOP that hurts returning war heroes:  Here's one:  . . . Is it because Senate Republicans remain committed to block any action that will produce jobs in their monomaniacal effort to make Barack Obama a one-term president. In the midst of the worst recession in generations, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously announced at the beginning of the term that "the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."

 See this post in its entirety:

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-borosage/senate-republicans-shaft_b_1899480.html

Note:  If you have friends and relatives in states where key Senate races are happening, consider reminding them how important it is for the country—100% of the country which includes our veterans—to elect Democrats to the Senate and the House on November 6.  

I contribute very little monetarily, but did send a contribution to Elizabeth Warren's campaign in Massachusetts.  We need her voice in that Chamber bigtime.  I'm also sending $20 to Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio.  He's being targeted by the big-bucks Super Pacs already flooding the airwaves with negative ads.   Republicans just can't take his hard-working dogged determination to keep the banks honest. Will write more about Senator Brown later.  Now I'm going to write a check!