{"id":1661,"date":"2010-03-02T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2010-03-02T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T13:07:02","slug":"i_dont_care_how_cantankerous_h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1661","title":{"rendered":"I Don&#8217;t Care How Cantankerous He Is, Senator Bunning Is Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2010\/03\/bunning_defends_his_position.html\">NPR<\/a>&nbsp;is reporting on the fact that Senator Bunning of Kentucky is temporarily blocking a bill that includes the extension of unemployment benefits, the fix on doctor&#8217;s reimbursements from Medicare and TRICARE, and various other things.&nbsp; (Actually, the most interesting part of that article is the comments left by the readers.)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/blogs\/beltway-confidential\/If-Dems-actually-believed-in-PAYGO-theyd-be-saluting-Jim-Bunning-right-now-85850877.html\">Washington Examiner<\/a>&nbsp;pointed out yesterday that if the Democrats in the Senate truly believed in the PAYGO (Pay-as-you go) statute they passed earlier this year, they would be supporting Senator Bunning.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/84269-bunnings-last-stand\">The Hill<\/a>&nbsp;reported that Senator Bunning is stating that until the $10 billion can be found to cover the cost of the bill, he plans to block passage of the bill.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The Democrats in the Senate passed PAYGO earlier this year.&nbsp; Either they meant it or they didn&#8217;t.&nbsp; If they meant it, they need to take money out of the unspent stimulus money in order to cover the expense of extending unemployment and COBRA.<\/p>\n<p>A large percentage of the media today is painting Senator Bunning as a grumpy old codger throwing a hissy fit.&nbsp; That is a shame.&nbsp; If more people had Senator Bunning&#8217;s courage, we might eventually be able to balance the federal budget.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today NPR&nbsp;is reporting on the fact that Senator Bunning of Kentucky is temporarily blocking a bill that includes the extension of unemployment benefits, the fix on doctor&#8217;s reimbursements from Medicare and TRICARE, and various other things.&nbsp; (Actually, the most interesting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1661\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}