Press Release: Sen. Jauch: Public has a right to question Republican sincerity on unemployment (WI)

[iwishiwas]

with Walker and his Repug poodles it is just one assault after another.
Walker initially said he would not sign the extensions because receiving unemployment money is a disincentive to work (IE-you are lazy and do not want to work). I ready that he now said he would sign it. But the Fitz brothers say it will probably not be brought to vote again until SEPTEMBER!! But meanwhile they will go on their summer break with pay and benefits. Damm them!

http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=242866

Sen. Jauch: Public has a right to question Republican sincerity on unemployment
7/22/2011

For Immediate Release Contact: Senator Jauch

July 22, 2011 608-266-3510



“The abrupt adjournment on Thursday by Senate leadership without any resolution to extend unemployment benefits is another disgraceful display of the Republican callous assault on working families,” State Senator Bob Jauch (D.Poplar) charged today.



“Wisconsin unemployed workers are being used a political pawns by Republican leaders who are engaged in a cynical political ploy to pretend they are in favor of extension of unemployed benefits while their true motive is to kill the bill,” Jauch said.



Jauch said that he and his Democratic colleagues were outside the Senate chambers prepared to meet on the issue but that the Senate Republicans went home. “Unemployed workers have a right for a direct answer from Senator Fitzgerald: Were the Senate Republican serious when they voted to eliminate the one week waiting period or was it only a ploy to love the bill to its death?”



For months Republican leaders have balked at scheduling the Federal extension benefits that would help 44,000 long term unemployed citizens. The bill was finally scheduled after Democratic legislators and the Wisconsin Unemployment Advisory Council urged Legislative consideration.



“My colleagues and I were delighted that the Republican leadership finally realized the need to help the 44,000 unemployed workers who are struggling to keep their homes and support their families. We were especially surprised when Senate Republicans agreed to a Democratic amendment to roll back the one week waiting period that will cost new unemployed workers $55 million per year. However, it is now becoming clear that Senator Fitzgerald merely wanted to leave the phony impression that Republicans were on the side of unemployed workers,” the northern lawmaker stated.



Assembly Republicans restored the one week waiting period and Speaker Fitzgerald has threatened to delay any further floor consideration until September if the Senate does not bow to their demand. On Thursday morning Senate leadership abruptly adjourned the Senate and blamed Democrats for the impasse.



“It now appears as though the decision to accept the amendment without objection was merely a carefully calculated plan by the Fitzgerald brothers to create an impasse in order to delay any passage of the bill.



“What is even more disturbing is that the Republican leaders are unable to find a resolution to help unemployed workers in the same session that they rammed legislative redistricting through the process in an effort to protect their own jobs.



“It is becoming too familiar for the Fitzgerald brothers to attack working families but they have achieved a new low in Wisconsin’s 100 year labor history by holding Wisconsin workers hostage through their adolescent political charade,” he concluded.

[Scuba]

1. Thanks for posting.

[LiberalFighter]

2. How much revenue are local governments and businesses losing when unemploy receive nothing?

[damntexdem]

3. Agreed. The public also has a right to question many Democrats' sincerity on the issue.

In particular Obama's.