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| Just a reminder: ObamaÂ’s jobs bill still has no cosponsors |
| 2011-10-02 |
| Via InstaPundit Remember when Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to introduce his American Jobs Act, exhorting them on national television to “pass this bill immediately”? Obama used that phrase in various forms 17 times despite the fact that he didn’t actually have a bill to present to Congress until a week later. And as far as all but two members of Congress are concerned, the bill itself may as well not exist. No co-sponsors have added their names to either the Senate or the House version even after more than a week, although readers have to dig a ways into the Washington Post report to find that out: The stink from this $450 billion pile of dung is so strong, even Pepe Le Pew wouldn't cosponsor it. |
| Posted by:Eohippus Phater7165 |
| #15 DEFECNE.PK/FORUMS > PRESS TV: REVOLT TO SPREAD TO 40 AMERICAN CITIES. Mass Protests in 30-40 US Cities in support agz US corporate corruption + other shenannigans, + to culminate in October 2011 en masse in Freedom square as per activist Kathie McConaghie. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-02 23:27 |
| #14 Of course not, AP. What were you thinking? |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-10-02 22:52 |
| #13 I wonder if O ever took US Civics in his high school career? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-10-02 22:50 |
| #12 GhostRider has the [Ghost]Bill! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-02 20:17 |
| #11 Jobs bill? Like the stimulus bill, it creates a handful of jobs at a cost to taxpayers of somewhere around a million dollars spent per job created. A sham. Durbin has doubts as to whether the jobs bill can pass the Senate. After all, it is election time. Bunch of weasels. Clean the House, Senate), and Presidency in 2012. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-10-02 18:48 |
| #10 "The original headline is misleading. The bill does indeed exist since it has been introduced." It's not misleading, AH. There are no co-sponsors. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-10-02 17:47 |
| #9 The bill has 1 sponsor in each chamber (ex. Reid) so it can be brought up for a vote. No other Democrat wanted wanted their name on that bill. They have elections, where many will get slaughtered anyway, to worry about. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-02 16:55 |
| #8 The original headline is misleading. The bill does indeed exist since it has been introduced. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-02 15:05 |
| #7 it is common courtesy to the titular leader of their party to sponsor the bill so it can be introduced. The quality of the bill is shown by the eager co-sponsorship *crickets* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-10-02 15:00 |
| #6 Not to worry. Reid will pass it in the middle of the night right before a recess, then blame the House for not acting. As an added bonus, it will pass the Senate with 3 or 4 Republican votes as well. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2011-10-02 14:05 |
| #5 Guess it wasn't that hard after all; just clicked on the link and got "In the House, it has been introduced as a bill by Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.). In the Senate, the bill has been introduced by Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.)." Figures. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-10-02 13:30 |
| #4 Have you ever noticed that everything that democrats say is absolute doublespeak? Everything they say means the exact opposite of what it means. This bill has nothing to do with jobs. It's another stimulus package that will again piss away half a trillion dollars of taxpayer money. Obama does not care at all about jobs or he would not be a Marxist democrat. This guy is so bad. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-10-02 13:28 |
| #3 Um, who is the sponsor? Legally only a member of the house in question can sponsor a bill. The president cannot file a bill in the House or Senate without a sponsor. Usually getting co-sponsors for a Presidential proposal is easy, but, this sounds as though they don't even have one sponsor. Did I miss something where all the Democrats in congress lost or did they go into hiding with the Wisconsin folks? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-10-02 13:26 |
| #2 It has to be sponsored by at least one person to be introduced; who sponsored it? (Yeah, I could look it up, but I don't care that much.) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-10-02 13:25 |
| #1 Damn Rethuglicans! Always standing in the way of progress, and not allowing The One to lead the country as he was predestined to. What, no Democrats have signed on as co sponsors? Well, it's still the Republicans fault somehow. /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-10-02 12:55 |