Southern Blue Dogs Vote Against Jobs Bill
In just a couple of weeks, America’s children will begin to start a new year at school. Public schooling protects our nation’s economy, by allowing parents the time to work and by preparing a new generation to engage in cultural and scientific innovation.
A few days ago, it seemed that, because of the recession caused by mismanagement and fraud in corporate boardrooms and on Wall Street, millions of children would go into overcrowded classrooms without adequate educational resources. Then, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act.
In addition to protecting American education and providing good jobs to large numbers of Americans, H.R. 1586 assures Medicaid payments to large numbers of Americans who would otherwise have had to go without health care.
H.R. 1586 passed the House and was signed into law this week, but not without the opposition of three Democrats who joined the GOP in asserting that America’s schoolchildren were a “special interest” that shouldn’t be helped. All three of these Democrats came from the South, and all three were members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of Republican-aligned right wing congressional Democrats.
They were:
I knew he was a snake hidden in the grass jim cooper.Tennessee Democrates will know what he have done & he will have to explain himself to the people.
Ok! Jim i will take the word snake back,but i am still upsat about your split vote.I guess u had good reason.it hurts me to see someone whom i was taught 2 believe and trust,& mixing with them unknown T-PARTY snakes is a risky thing 2 do.The lord teaches us 2 be nice and kind 2 one another,but he also teaches us to do un2 others as you would have them 2 do un2 U. Thoes Tea Party people keep putting your name as if u Represent their party and cause. I could not believe in what i was seeing,your name big as day light and it hurt me 2 my heart jim and look and saw you made a split vote.Isaid to myself poison has spread in2 his soul. Mr.Cooper i will be watching on this next vote do not let me down,& for all u other people who has been bitten by these unknown Tea party poison snakes,find the doctor the holy bible,because these people has a hidden agenda and it will destroy your soul. Don’t giveway what u can’t create it belongs only 2 GOD. One day we got 2 stand before him & for him 2 tell it 2 depart from me i never knew u, this is like what jesus said,it is a abomination of desolation 2 stand and speak unjustable file words of your unclean worship &2present this 2 the father of all.U R worst then CAIN.