| The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan cleared the United States Senate tonight without the votes of both of our Bama Senators. According to a recent Gallup Poll the majority of Americans are in favor the plan, so why are our Bama Congress Critters against it? Why are they voting against our self interest? Are they stuck on stupid or are they following the lead of the unelected head of the RNC? To be clear, this is what Sessions and Shelby in the Senate and Griffith, Bright, Aderholt, Bacchus and the entire Bama House delegation (sans Davis) voted against on behalf of the Alabama citizens; Impact on Alabama - Creating or saving 55,000 jobs over the next two years.
- Providing a making work pay tax cut of up to $1,000 for 1,770,000 workers and their families
- Making 70,000 families eligible for a new American Opportunity Tax Credit to make college affordable.
- Offering an addition $100 per month in unemployment insurance benefits to 247,000 workers in Alabama who have lost their jobs this recession.
- Providing funding to modernize at least 156 schools in Alabama so our children have the labs, classrooms and libraries they need to compete in the 21st century economy.
President Obama has made it clear that his recovery package is just one component of what we need to to to get the economy moving again. He knows that we also need to make sure we have better financial regulation, and that we act swiftly to get credit flowing again. And of course, we going to have to engae with our partners around the world. "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington..I'm asking you to believe in yours."~President Barack Obama |
