Well, Senator Snowe, if you aren't against an unemployment extension why are you asking the DEMOCRATS to introduce a bill? Why haven't YOU drafted one and submitted it? Why didn't you (in conjunction with the forty OTHER Senators who voted against it) draft an ALTERNATE bill with either just the unemployment extension or any combo of the benefits that were in the original bill? And by original bill, I mean the non-weakened version you asked for but STILL wouldn't accept?
Sen. Snowe seems to be happy playing Monday morning quarterback while trying to convince her (legitimately) angry constituents that she does care about them. Actions speak louder than words, Madam Senator, and your actions have showed that your only concern is your own political future.
I am calling YOU out, Senator Snowe. I am calling out every Senator that voted against HR 4213 who has not offered an alternative bill or funding source to help the MILLIONS of unemployed Americans across the country. I am calling out every senator and politician who is worrying more about keeping their own job than whether any of the actual public can get one.
If you want to help the unemployed, Senator Snowe, draft a bill and gather up your buddies in the senate and SIT THERE UNTIL IT IS SIGNED. Don't go on vacation, don't go anywhere until you PASS an unemployment extension.
Until then, your words are simply that. Words.
