When Senators Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell voted against H.R. 4213: Tax Extenders Act of 2009, March 10, 2010, they voted against folks on Medicare, folks on Medicaid, the unemployed and folks on COBRA. Click here to see the roll call.
Jim Bunning And Mitch McConnell Voted Against The Elderly On Medicare:
Dot Med News The Senate voted Wednesday to delay the 2010 cut in Medicare physician reimbursement. The 21% reduction was to go into effect March 1 till a vote last Tuesday put it off till the end of March. Yesterday's follow-up means the cut will take effect October 1.
Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell voted to allow the 21% reduction Medicare physician reimbursement. Shame on them.
According to our source Senators from each state were supposed visit the young people last night, March 10, 2010, attending the 2010 United States Senate Youth Program Washington Week. Well guess what? Senators Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell didn't show up. The Youth program sent the senators an invitation, Jim Bunning refused and Mitch McConnell didn't respond. When Mitch McConnell didn't respond another invitation letter was sent along with an email and Senator Mitch McConnell still didn't respond. Senator Mitch McConnell HONORARY CO-CHAIR of the 2010 UNITED STATES SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE and he didn't respond?
Friday, March 5th, 2010 Dear President Obama, I understand you may be looking to replace Rahm Emanuel as your chief of staff. I would like to humbly offer myself, yours truly, as his replacement. I will come to D.C. and clean up the mess that's been created around you. I will work for $1 a year. I will help the Dems on Capitol Hill find their spines and I will teach them how to nonviolently beat the Republicans to a pulp.
Mongiardo Press Release March 5, 2010 FRANKFORT --- The United Auto Workers Region 3, representing Kentucky and Indiana, endorsed Democratic candidate Dr. Daniel Mongiardo for the U.S. Senate this week. "As a doctor, Dan Mongiardo clearly understands America's patchwork health care system is broken. He knows first-hand how people suffer when they do not have access to health care. More importantly, he has the vision and the courage to do something about it,” said UAW Region 3 director Maurice “Mo” Davison.
Thank you Dr. Andy Moore. Your are truly an American Hero. Since 2005, Dr. Andy Moore's Surgery on Sunday has provided free surgical care to more than 3,100 uninsured patients. Dr. Andrew Moore practices General Surgery and Plastic Surgery in Lexington, Kentucky.
March 2, 2010 Lexington, Kentucky Democratic candidate for the US Senate Daniel Mongiardo, standing in front of senator Jim Bunning's Lexington, Kentucky's office, let Jim Bunning and Rand Paul know exactly how he feels about the unemployment extension block. Rand Paul supporters were there to support Senator Jim Bunning. Both the Mongiardo and the Bunning supporters were very vocal. I didn't do a head count, but it appeared to me there was an equal number of people there for both sides of this issue. Click here to view Mongiardo's video. We also shot video of the Rand Paul and Jim Bunning supporters, click here to see that video. Click here to view photos of the event. Joe Sonka over at Barefoot and Progressive was also there, click here to see his post and video. His video is also after the fold.
I even got in the mix.
Bluegrass Politics James Pence and Earl Newberry exchanged words during protests outside U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning’s Lexington office.
TPM A labor source confirmed to TPMDC tonight that the AFL-CIO voted to back new Senate candidate Lt. Gov Bill Halter over Sen. Blanche Lincoln in the May 18 Democratic primary in Arkansas. Three unions within the umbrella group have committed to a $3 million independent expenditure on Halter's behalf. Read More.
Huffington Post Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from prematurely losing their unemployment benefits next month. Read more.
February 26, 2010 Evansville, Indiana. Click here to see our previous post about Whirlpool moving 1100 of our jobs to Mexico. The folks in Evansville, Indiana let Whirlpool know that moving to Mexico might not be a good idea. We covered the event with photos (click here to view photos) and videos (the videos are after the page break) hoping to give our readers a flavor of what transpired in Evansville, Indiana February 26, 2010 and according to our sources the Evansville police estimated 5500 were at the rally.
Richard Trumka had this to say: "What’s happening here in Evansville is a head-on collision between corporate greed and failed economic policies-and it’s happening all across our country." Click here to see the video.
