Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (r - obstruction) blinked:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 2, 2010
Statement by President Obama on Signing of UI Extension Bill
"During these difficult economic times, supporting American workers, their families and our small businesses must be everyone's focus. The bill passed tonight by the Senate will extend access to health care benefits for workers who have lost their jobs, help small businesses get loans so they can grow and hire, and extend unemployment insurance benefits for millions of Americans who are looking for work. I'm grateful to the members of the Senate on both sides of the aisle who worked to end this roadblock to relief for America's working families."
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We received the following statement from Senator Claire McCaskill's (D) office:
"The idea that someone would play politics with unemployment benefits while our country is facing ten percent unemployment is offensive," McCaskill said. "This emergency extension was about keeping food on the table for thousands of unemployed families, yet Republicans were more concerned with holding things up in the Senate. When Americans see this sort of thing happening in Congress, they have every right to be frustrated. Frankly, I'm frustrated too."
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) at the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, August 14, 2008.
Public Policy Polling [pdf] released a poll with a sample of 867 Missouri voters taken on January 10th and 11th. The margin of error is 3.3%.
...Carnahan leads Congressman Roy Blunt 45-44, former Senator Jim Talent 47-43, and
former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman 47-36...
It's a good start.
I'm certain we'll soon start to see the campaign mechanisms gearing up. Think of all that money flowing into Missouri. The FEC campaign finance reports might get very interesting what with all those republicans cogitating on the prospect of running.
Evidently, almost 800 years of civilization doesn't mean squat to Kit Bond.
....No free man shall in future be arrested or imprisoned or disseised of his freehold, liberties or free customs, or outlawed or exiled or victimised in any other way, neither will we attack him or send anyone to attack him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right of justice...
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) at the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, August 14, 2008.
