Thanks, Ben Nelson, for killing again the jobless extension bill

[Mass]

The bill had Snowe and Collins voting for it which, if all Dems had voted for it would have allowed it to pass, but Ben Nelson decided to vote against it.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/r...

BTW, with this, the Senate went in recess until July 12th.

[napi21]

1. Has he ever said WHY he's so against it? nt

[jaxx]

3. Nobody in Nebraska is unemployed?

That's the only reason I can think of.

[Ken Burch]

4. He thinks it could lead to more abortions.

Or maybe some unemployed guy laughed at his toupee one time.

[Mass]

7. No special deal for NE?

[ProSense]

2. Always an asshole.

Ben Nelson is dead weight. If the Dems could get rid of him, it would be worth celebrating.

[Ken Burch]

5. This is a state that once supported William Jennings Bryan, George Norris

and Bob Kerrey.

Ben Nelson is NOT the best we can get out of Nebraska.

[Mass]

6. Definitively. His vote would have been enough to pass the bill, given that

the vote was 58:40, with Reid voting against it for procedural reasons.

[DCBob]

8. Really dont understand why this guy is a Democrat at all..

Maybe he's a bit left of the typical NE Republican but that's hardly saying much.

[WI_DEM]

9. So had Byrd still been alive to vote it would have passed? We need to get his successor

in and somebody pro-labor who will vote for jobless benefits.

[Moochy]

10. no no no it wasnt him it was the mean old republicans!

Go Team Sellout!

[WI_DEM]

11. apparently because NE has a relatively low unemployment rate (4.9%) to hell with everybody else.

[brentspeak]

12. Nelson wants that money to pay for his collection of toupees

Guy is a jerk.