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by americausa |

Jun 13, 2008(about 1 month ago) |

Overall Rating: 5.0 |

I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!! Try to remember you work for all the PEOPLE of this country! And all those PEOPLE will remember how you vote on this issue.

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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2005	2010	Senator	SD	Republican
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.3251 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize advance payments under the supplemental revenue assistance program.	Introduced	Jul 10, 2008
S.3222 A bill to promote the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.	Introduced	Jun 27, 2008
S.3109 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act	Introduced	Jun 10, 2008

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
S.3268 Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3268 )	Aye July 22, 2008
H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5501 As Amended )	Aye July 16, 2008
S.2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 5077 )	Aye July 16, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the current 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2009). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Least often votes with: Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
Democrat most often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Republican least often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]

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John Thune in the News

July 22, 2008 Child poverty plagues Ziebach County, poorest in the nation

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