What people may not know is that Bunning is retiring and not seeking re-election. This is a vote he would NEVER do if he were trying to get re-elected. I have an idea, lets take his state retirement pay away and see how he fairs, or better yet, ask the people of Kentucky if they think he deserves his goodbye money.

If Senator Bunning can show me that every REBUBLICAN bill that he did vote for was paid for and the country wasn’t running a deficit, then I’ll support what he did. Of course that isn’t the case. All the people in this economy that are out of work, and this lame duck votes to cut off funds because there isn’t money. This Senator has been voting for things for 25 years that we couldn’t pay for, this is nothing but partisan politics at it’s very best. It’s one thing that he screwed every un-employed person in the US, but to think of the people of KY that elected this guy and how they must feel. Real nice farwell to your loyal supports Jim. You Suck!

 Contact the Lame Duck jerkoff Senator right here. http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Now that my rant is over, here is the official story.

PADUCAH, KY – US Senator Jim Bunning (R) Kentucky has created a firestorm of controversy by single handedly stopping a $10 Billion bill that was a conglomeration of spending and extensions. 

In after-hours session last Thursday, Bunning objected to the bill because there was no money to pay for the spending – thus adding to a record federal deficit.  Bunning asked that the money be taken from unspent TARP funds; but, Democrats would not agree to any provision to fund the bill.  Bunning stood fast; and, since there were few senators on the floor, Bunning’s objections stopped the bill.  Within the bill, was a provision for extending unemployment and cobra benefits for those whose benefits expire Sunday, February 28.  Bunning said that he supported the extension of benefits; but, not without a provision to pay for it.

When the full Senate convenes on Monday, action can be taken to restore benefits without loss to the unemployed.  Don’t expect Bunning to support any bill without funding.  Bunning is a “lame duck” Senator due to his retirement.  There are a lot more “lame duck” Senators and Representatives that don’t know it yet.

Here are Bunning’s statements:   “It seems to me people have not been listening, particularly the Senator from Illinois. He has been through two of these with the leader. He heard the arguments on both sides. Unfortunately, he has a one-side-only view of this situation. I have offered the same COBRA, flood insurance, unemployment insurance, Satellite Home Viewing Act, highway funding, SBA loans, small business provisions–I have offered to do the same thing for the same amount of time. The only difference I have, and some of my good friends from the other side of the aisle, is that I believe we should pay for it. There is a right over the last 3 years of the Democratically controlled Congress. We have run up $5 trillion in debt. There has to be a time to stop that.” (2/25/10)

“Well, we have tried to work this out with the majority, particularly after the pay-go vote last week. When 100 senators are for a bill and we can’t find $10 billion to pay for it, there’s something the matter, seriously the matter with this body. I’ve said that last night. I don’t want to repeat myself. I have offered several ways to pay for it. If everybody in this chamber — and there is no senators except me here right now, but there are 100 members of this body — believes as the senator from Illinois does that this is essential and we should pass it, then we should pay for it. There are going to be other bills brought to this floor that are not going to be paid for, and I’m going to object every time they do it. I don’t much agree with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, but it was striking yesterday when he said if at the present level of debt and the present administration’s budget is passed, that the debt of the United States will be unsustainable, unsustainable to me means that there is a chance of one of the rating agencies downgrading the rating on our debt. We cannot allow that to happen. Because I have got too many young grandchildren that want America to be the same America that I grew up in. And I’m worried to death that that’s not going to be the case.” (2/26/10)

Ron Sanders
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