Apr 14, 2010
Does it concern you that the only way to prop up the housing market is to put the taxpayer on the hook?
Jim Bunning
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Jim Bunning is a former United States Senator from Kentucky, serving from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bunning was known for his strong conservative positions and advocacy for fiscal responsibility. Before his political career, he was a professional baseball player, notably a pitcher in Major League Baseball, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Bunning's tenure in the Senate included a focus on issues such as energy policy and workers' compensation reform, often criticizing the Department of Energy's handling of compensation programs for workers.
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Apr 14, 2010
Some disturbing news just was released at 8:30 this morning that new claims for unemployment went up 28,000 from last week to 478,000.
Apr 14, 2010
Do you agree that low down payment and no down payment loans were a significant contributor to the housing bubble?
Apr 14, 2010
I am troubled that the Administration has not put any plan or any complete plan to deal with them.
Mar 24, 2010
I rise to offer a very important amendment to many of our seniors. My amendment would allow individuals to voluntarily opt out of Medicare Part A benefits. Right now, if you don't want to have Medicare Part A, you have to forego Social…
Mar 3, 2010
let me briefly describe my amendment No. 3361. Like other amendments, this amendment contains all the extensions in the Baucus substitute, and it also completely pays for that spending. But it provides a different alternative for paying…
Mar 3, 2010
The first amendment is to use unspent stimulus funds and the second is by shutting down unnecessary or duplicate Federal programs. In other words, I am saying we should use money we have already set aside that has not been spent or…
Mar 3, 2010
Amendment No. 3360 is simple. It contains all of the extensions in the Baucus substitute, but rather than adding over $100 billion in cost to the deficit and debt, which the Baucus substitute does, my amendment pays for the spending in…
Mar 2, 2010
It seems that last week there was a bipartisan agreement between the members of the Finance Committee on the very issue the Democratic leader spoke on. It was called the Baucus-Grassley compromise bill. It never got to the floor of the…
Mar 2, 2010
I will only continue for 2 minutes. Why would you vote for a bill when you know it is not going to be honored? Why would you vote for a bill you knew was going to be violated in the first bill brought to the floor after you passed it? As…
Mar 2, 2010
I am very sure that they would be willing to accept their own bill back and paid for. He mentioned the fact that I objected four times. I objected more than four, but the majority leader objected four times to my request. That was nowhere…
Mar 2, 2010
let me begin by addressing some of the arguments made by the other side of the aisle against my amendment. First, the Senator from Illinois said that this would cause a needless delay in extending these programs, potentially causing a…