John Kerry misses vote on unemployment. Bill fails to pass by one vote.
May 14, 2004
Posted by jkhat at May 14, 2004 12:04 AM
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Cantwell's jobless bill fails by 1 vote (via fark.com)
"The Senate on Tuesday rejected by a single vote Sen. Maria Cantwell's amendment to provide extended federal unemployment benefits to 47,000 Washington workers and more than 1 million others nationwide.... The amendment required 60 votes to overcome objections ... the Republican-controlled Senate rejected it on a 59-40 vote.
... The only senator who missed the vote was Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts"
Hmm, you'd think that someone who has spent the last 5 months charging that the President has "turned his back on unemployed working families" would show up for a vote as monumental as this.
President Bush's campaign spokesman, Steve Schmidt, said, "Last month, John Kerry was pushing for the extension of unemployment benefits. Today, he had the chance to actually vote on that question, but was too busy playing politics when he would have made the difference in the Senate."
Indeed.
Posted by jkhat at May 14, 2004 12:04 AM
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