Veterans jobs bill stalls in Senate

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My grandmother didn’t really grow up on a farm per say, but they had animals. And one thing she told me when I was way little was “Beware the rooster that ruled the roost brought into a bigger hen house with more roosters. They are the ones that will cause problems.” It’s the first thing I thought about here, Paul thinking he’s all the shit literally denying jobs to Vets. I’d slap his silly face given half the chance.

The Veterans Job Corps bill was held up in the Senate late Wednesday night after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) filibustered to gain support for the release of a Pakistani doctor who helped locate Osama bin Laden.

The bill, which has bi-partisan support, would create a veterans jobs training program, costing $1 billion over five years.

“A vet job bill – does that deserve a fight?” Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asked after a Senate roll call.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) argued that his filibuster took “15 minutes” and was for a good cause – to call for the release of Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find bin Laden.

Paul has promised to stall Senate action until the doctor is released from jail – something the Pakistani government has said it will not do. Paul has also called on the Obama administration to cut foreign aid to Pakistan until Afridi is released from jail.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81151.html#ixzz26PCuuCcM

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  • David G

     Rand Paul is a coward.  If he thought freeing this Doctor was a worthy cause, and it may be, he would have brought that up individually to the senate.  Instead he holds thousands of veterans hostage — is that freedom?  Coward!  DG

  • Harbor Guy

    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

    What a little shithead this creep is…

    Can I say that?

    Regardless…I really had this evil span Repuke.