Thinkprogress:
On Thursday, Georgia’s Department of Labor announced that the state’s unemployment levels rose to 7 percent in October, the highest in 16 years; approximately 43,093 unemployed Georgians are looking for work. That same day, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), who is locked in a tough run-off election battle with Democrat Jim Martin, gave a campaign speech on the state’s economic troubles:
It’s imperative that we continue down the road of putting liquidity, integrity and confidence back in the financial marketplace so that we can see the credit market free up and people having the ability to borrow money to to operate and expand their businesses.
However, Chambliss was so busy campaigning that day that he actually skipped the Senate’s vote on the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, which extended unemployment benefits “by 13 weeks in states with an unemployment rate of at least 6 percent.” Chambliss was one of just four senators to miss the vote. WCTV reported that Chambliss later sent out a press released praising “the passage of the law and [said he] hopes it will help laid-off workers get by while seeking a new job.”
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Chambliss only wants the vote he could care less about the people he's suppose to represent. Let's see if those voters who are worried about losing their job or even those who are currently unemployed vote for him.
I just don't get people. Michigan/Ohio Law Makers voted agaisnt the Auto Industry so millions of voters in their State will lose their jobs and homes. Yet the people vote these men in office. Mitt vowed to make sure the Auto Industry stayed even using his Father's name yet he got the votes and now stabbed the voters in the back. Republican voters are losing like everyone else but still they continue to support Republicans who are doing nothing to help them. I just don't get it.
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