Throughout the closing months of last year we heard an unending mantra of “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” from Republicans as they blamed Democrats for the lingering effects of the Republican recession. Now that they have taken the House, they have focused on destroying Americans’ safety net, killing jobs in the process, but have made no effort at job creation. They are such hypocrites that they don’t even want to talk about jobs.
One of the mantras of congressional Republicans over the past two years has been to ask, “Where are the jobs?” House GOP leader John Boehner (OH) made this into a theme of the campaign last fall. As then-GOP chairman Michael Steele summarized the argument: “Americans are still asking, ‘Where are the jobs?’ … Washington Democrats still have no answers.”
This afternoon, Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and other progressives took to the floor of the House of Representatives to turn this question back on their Republican colleagues. Ellison and the others asked where all the jobs-creation legislation was, excoriating their conservative colleagues for focusing on legislation like terminating the HAMP program, which would do nothing to create jobs…
…At one point, Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) took to the floor to respond to the progressives. She attacked the HAMP program, urging her colleagues to end it, and signaled that she would oppose progressive amendments to the GOP’s bill for ending the mortgage modification program. Then, she incredulously told her colleagues to stop talking about jobs and focus rather on the substance of the amendments…
…Watch it:
One would have to wonder what a certain congresswoman who asked at a hearing — on February 25, 2010 — “Where are the jobs?” would think about Biggert’s statement. That congresswoman was Biggert herself. Watch it:
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The choice is simple. Republicans talk a good game but there is no substance, because they oppose helping the needy and support welfare for the greedy.
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Fourth we could just dissolve the government and let the corporations tell us all directly to “go fuck ourselves.”
That’s the Republican plan, Mark.
MSNBC reported this morning announced the Federal govt will be cutting 200,000 jobs over the next 12 months. I guess “so be it” will be the new “watch my lips”.
Thanks BA. That’s horrible news.
Too damm disgusting to comment on this—At this point what do we expect ? And what is going to be done about all these fools that were-after all- were elected – by the people ?
At this point, we hope that the fools that voted for them and that stayed home get tired of grabbing their own ankles by 2012.
Geez, what an idiot! But she represents the 13th District – well-to-do western suburbs of Chicago – so it probably won’t hurt her too much in next year’s election.
Ugh! Rahmbo City!
This is where I say “Well, let’s go to the tape….”
Indubitably!