GOP House leaders are once again straddling both side of the aisle after preparing a huge appropriations bill for a vote next week that would allow employers to replace at least 100,000 blue-collar American workers with at least 264,000 foreign temporary H-2B workers. While this is causing many on the right to perform a dramatic face palm, the left is once again laughing at the hypocrisy of establishment Republicans.
After fighting against the democratic push to give citizenship to thousands of illegal immigrants because of the economic burdens it would create, they’re now doing the same exact thing. In all honesty, the difference between Democrats and establishment Republicans has become so vague that the dividing line is almost non-existent. This plan would not only cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year, it would also further burden an economy that’s about to collapse due to the weight of the current welfare system.
Read why on the next page.
Why do people who are working paycheck to paycheck support a political party that believes cutting taxes on the millionaire class and giving subsidies to giant corperations is more important than raising the minimum wage, having access to health insurance that we can actually afford, making State Universities tuition free or expanding Social Security and Veterans Benefits?
All us American Veterans would like to thank the Republican Congress for your support.
In a shameful display of partisan obstruction, the Mitch McConnell led Senate Republicans a blocked a bill that would have improved veterans benefits.
Senate Republicans blocked the veterans bill by using a procedural maneuver to invoke the 60 vote rule. The final vote to waive the budget point of order failed, 56-41. Only two Republicans (Sen. Dean Heller and Sen. Jerry Moran) joined with Democrats on the vote.
Republicans claimed that they blocked the bill because Majority Leader Harry Reid would not allow an up or down vote on an amendment that would have attached sanctions on Iran to the bill.
Sen. Reid said, “I hope all the veterans groups have witnessed all the contortions the Republicans have done to defeat this bill. Shame on Republicans for bringing base politics into a bill to help veterans.”
The chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, Sen. Bernie Sanders, said,
The only message that can be taken away from today’s vote is that Senate Republicans think it is more important to deny President Obama a “win” than it is to help our nation’s veterans. The bill contained provisions that would restore the COLA for vets, and protect them from losing their benefits in the event of another government shutdown. It also would have authorized the construction of 27 new clinics and medical facilities, and it would have provided tuition assistance to post-9/11 vets.
It is the kind of legislation that used to be a no brainer, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the same group of Republicans who think that they shouldn’t have to pay the nation’s bills also want to renege on their obligations to our veterans.
Senate Republicans committed a disgraceful betrayal of the promise that has been made to those who put their lives on the line for this country. I hope this is a wake up call for vets who think that the Republican Party has their interests at heart.
The Republican Party doesn’t care about veterans. This vote stabbed veterans in the back, and should make every vet question why they would ever vote Republican.
Horrific! Totally unconscionable!!!
Traitor bill, while legal born in America, citizens, can’t find a job!
Agree 100% …
What are a bunch of losers. The public is moving to Trump, because you vote with the democrats and the$#%&!@*muslim thug president.
CRONIES! Contact your congress critters tell them NO!
A disgrace in public policy!
When you have a politician start making over 100 grand a year. Their life style changes. And they will fight to keep it. Now they male more then most Americans . They wanna keep that lifestyle. And career politician are everywhere which is illegal . We need to start by over hauling our own government and politicians. It’s time to start making them follow the same laws they pass or want inforced people of America please rise .
Way the Hell would they do that ? Way make 100’s or even 1000’s of Able hard working Americans out of jobs and homeless ? This is nuts !