[re_nortex]

Rep. Bunning demonstrated great courage and sound principle. The state of Kentucky is blessed to have a man of his integrity in office.

[jerry557]

Im not so sure on this...

My company recently held a job fair and we got over 400 applicants. Most were unemployed and many even had college degrees, some had graduate degrees.

Its a sad situation out there for a lot of people. It’s part of the reason why there is so much hate for the government right now.

I dont buy into the idea that people on unemployment want to stay unemployed. There are just no jobs out there.

[kittykat77]

Bunning is a senator and not a representative, which is a good thing. As a representative, and in accordance with his courageously principled stand against deficit spending, Bunning would have had to vote against every emergency war supplemental bill for the troops in Iraq and Af/Pak since 2003. Those war supplementals are debt-only, never deficit-neutral.

[Red in Blue PA]

Rep. Bunning demonstrated great courage and sound principle. The state of Kentucky is blessed to have a man of his integrity in office.

Putting people who want to work out on the streets is "integrity"????? If you think the economy is bad now, just wait until the foreclosure rate skyrockets from people who do not get any unemployment insurance.

And do you even know that Bunnings objection is that this money is to be spent from the remaining $400B in stimulus funds, instead of from new funds? He does not object to the idea itself. But doing this in this way makes Republicans look very bad.