Detroit News blames GOP for not extending unemployment benefits, but US House dominated by Democrats 255-177

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Detroit News blames GOP for not extending unemployment benefits, but US House dominated by Democrats 255-177: "The establishment suck-up MSM is at it again, blaming the GOP for a Democrat problem. The US House is dominated until January by Democrats. In January, the GOP takes over after winning in a landslide midterm election November 2. Apparently, the Detroit News doesn't understand that the changing of the guard occurs in January, not November, because they are blaming Republicans for a failed vote in the House on extending unemployment benefits. The establishment MSM is being spoon-fed, of course, by a Democrat ploy in the House where Pelosi for no reason other than political cover is requiring a 2/3 supermajority to pass the extension. It takes a simple majority to pass anything in the House. Detroit News Washington Bureau writer Nathan Hurst is apparently a 9 month old journalist toddler being spoon-fed his info. Here's his sub-headline in the News: Dems don't get required House votes to pass extension after GOP decries its cost. The vote tally was 258-154 to extend benefits, far more than the 50% necessary under House rules but short of the 2/3 artificial barrier that Pelosi erected.

The U.S. House rejected an extension of benefits for unemployed workers Thursday, with Republicans bristling over the proposal's $12 billion cost.

House Democrats hoped to avoid a long debate over the extension, bypassing the normal motion to recommit by suspending the lower chamber's normal voting rules.

The House was able to ram cap-and-trade through in the blink of an eye without anyone even seeing the bill. Same with the stimulus that didn't get a single GO vote. Same with ObamaCare. But with unemployment all of a sudden they require a 2/3 supermajority. This is just political cover to force a handful of GOP votes to call the extension 'bipartisan.' And the Detroit News swallowed the baby food. Exit question: is the establishment MSM staffed by mostly mindless drones that just report what they're told by the ruling class?

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