Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Legislature / Woods Beavers, Stanley and Watson Tell Jobless to Fend for Themselves
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:13 AM
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Republicans Mae Beavers, Bo Watson and Paul Stanley were the only senators bold enough to vote today against keeping the state's unemployment trust fund solvent. They object to accepting $140 million in federal stimulus money to expand benefits to some part-time employees. As you know, some members of the Party of No believe laid-off workers should fend for themselves.
Before the vote, Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden, said: "There are a bunch of folks in this state right now who are dependent on this legislation so that their children have bread on their table, so they can pay their rent, or make their house payments." That cut down on the right-wing ranting, and Republicans mostly stuck to asking innocent-sounding rhetorical questions so as not to appear like heartless bastards.
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