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GOP blocks veterans jobs bill with budget vote
The Hill ^
| 09/19/2012
| Ramsey Cox
Posted on 09/20/2012 4:15:49 PM PDT by GLH3IL
“This violates the Budget Control Act, there is no dispute about it,” Sessions said in a floor speech Wednesday. “The bill will not even go through the House and it violates the Constitution because it says revenue bills must be started in the House ... [and] this is a revenue bill.”
The Veterans Jobs Corp Act would have created new job-training programs to help veterans find work in targeted fields such as national park conservation, historic preservation projects, police work and firefighting, among others.
Sens. Scott Brown (Mass.), Susan Collins (Maine), Dean Heller (Nev.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) were the only Republicans who voted for the waiver, in a 58-40 vote.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: constitution; senate; spending; veterans
A democrat political bill designed to pit the GOP vs. Veterans....I hope our veterans are seeing through this charade...
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:15:57 PM PDT
by
GLH3IL
To: GLH3IL
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:18:04 PM PDT
by
MagUSNRET
To: GLH3IL
We see trough it and see the actions of RINOs.
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:19:48 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: SandRat
And Maine is getting ready to replace a RINO with a RAT disguised as a banana.
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:23:09 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again")
To: GLH3IL
Yea, I bet it has MORE in it than just jobs for Vets.
To: fella
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:26:15 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: GLH3IL
Sens. Scott Brown (Mass.), Susan Collins (Maine), Dean Heller (Nev.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) Gee, shocking!
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:30:40 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: GLH3IL
But, but, but, Harry Reid
said...
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:54:33 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(If nobama is reelected and gets to choose more SCOTUS judges, this country is finished.)
To: MagUSNRET; GLH3IL
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posted on
09/20/2012 5:17:57 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
To: GLH3IL
I am embarrassed that any R would vote for this knowing the manipulation behind it. It was designed to embarrass the House Republicans. I WISH we all were as committed to our Party as the Democrats are committed to theirs. I HATE IT when Republicans sell out Republicans.
To: GLH3IL
"The Veterans Jobs Corp Act would have created new job-training programs to help veterans find work in targeted fields such as national park conservation, historic preservation projects, police work and firefighting, among others."
Fields full of administrators and other employees who hate soldiers and want to keep all of the socialist pork to themselves.
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:15:21 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
To: GLH3IL
If politicians and their favored constituents weren’t such a bunch of commies, they would cut all spending except for military.
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:17:43 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
To: GLH3IL
If memory serves me correctly, this would create job training program number 85.
To: GLH3IL; Gilbo_3
The R House could have funded this with cuts to Obama-care, but they didnt want a fight.,
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posted on
09/20/2012 8:36:02 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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