Arizona Democrats To Donate Paychecks To Jobless After Failed Special Session

Democratic members of the Arizona legislature are going to donate their paychecks to the unemployed people they failed to help in a special session earlier this month.

Arizona lost its eligibility for the final 20 weeks of benefits for the long-term jobless because lawmakers didn't tweak state law to conform to a new federal standard created by Congress in December to keep the benefits flowing. As many as 45,000 Arizonans will miss out on the extended benefits by the end of the year.

DesperateInRI wrote:

Democratic members of the Arizona legislature are going to donate their paychecks to the unemployed people they failed to help in a special session earlier this month.

Arizona lost its eligibility for the final 20 weeks of benefits for the long-term jobless because lawmakers didn't tweak state law to conform to a new federal standard created by Congress in December to keep the benefits flowing. As many as 45,000 Arizonans will miss out on the extended benefits by the end of the year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/27/arizona-democrats-paychecks-jobless-_n_885392.html

Sad American wrote:My friend, Daniel Patterson, is the Democratic State Senator from Tucson!

JoanB wrote:But ya know, dems and repubs are exactly the same...that's what they keep telling me.

Sad American wrote:Daniel's a bulldog! He terrorized local, state and federal bureaucracies, Dems and Repubs alike. He played "bad cop" to my "good cop." After a discussion with him, I (the Sierra Club) seemed so darned reasonable...

DesperateInRI wrote:

Sad American wrote:Daniel's a bulldog! He terrorized local, state and federal bureaucracies, Dems and Repubs alike. He played "bad cop" to my "good cop." After a discussion with him, I (the Sierra Club) seemed so darned reasonable...

He needs to be in the US Congress! That is the kind of person that will actually try to get things done!