Does the Senator also acknowledge that these unemployment benefits help more than the unemployed in that this generates money into the economy, helps small businesses, people can buy gasoline they could not afford otherwise, they might be able to buy some additional groceries? Would the Senator acknowledge that part of the reason extended unemployment benefits were originally passed was to help the economy?
Discussing the economic impact of unemployment benefits during a Senate debate.
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You cannot have a democracy that record 60 percent of the vote on everything. And that’s what the Republicans have done. They have made a mockery of what the Senate should be.
The filibuster is going away. It is nothing that helps the country. It doesn’t help states. It doesn’t help individuals. It is on its way out. It’s a question of when it goes.
He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.
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