| Congress voted today to extend the $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers, to extend unemployment benefits, and to provide tax refunds to companies losing money. It wasn't a controversial bill in the least. It passed the Senate 98-0 (and I don't think you could get a unamimous Senate vote on a bill that said it's November.) And of all the crazy wingnuts and teabaggers in the House, only 12 were vindictive enough to vote against this bipartisan and badly needed bill. One of those 12 was Tom McClintock. McClintock's district is being hit hard by the economic mess. Its unemployement rate is among the worst in the country, recently over 20 percent, and still between 12 and 15 percent. It also has some of the worst foreclosure rates and depressed house prices in the country. Yet, when McClintock's constituents need his help, he turns his back on them. Maybe if McClintock actually had any ties to the district he represents he would vote for the things his constituents need. But instead, he serves his masters at the Club for Growth. |
