Is Pete Sessions Asshole of the Day?
Is Rep. Pete Sessions asshole of the day for saying extending unemployment benefits is "immoral"?
It is immoral to extend a meager monthly allowance to unemployed Americans still looking for work more than six months after losing their jobs, according to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), which is why he and his fellow House conservatives are blocking Democrats’ efforts to reinstate the safety net program.
“I believe it is immoral for this country to have as a policy extending long-term unemployments [benefits] to people rather than us working on the creation of jobs,” Sessions said Tuesday on the House floor in response to questions about his party’s refusal to allow a vote on reinstating the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/05/3252031/sessions-unemployment-benefits-immoral/
Except here's the thing, Rep. Sessions, you're NOT working on creating jobs.
Have you brought President Obama's jobs bill up for a vote? No.
Have you brought any infrastructure (roads, bridges) bills up for a vote? No.
Have you brought any jobs bill up for a vote? No.
So what have you been doing instead of passing jobs bills? Well, you've voted to repeal Obamacare a million, billion times, and you've passed another ten thousand bills making it harder for women to get abortions and birth control. And let's not forget all those Benghazi hearings that ask questions but never listen for the answers.
Photo source: http://sessions.house.gov/index.cfm/biography