Because they can

By Mustang Bobby 

Senate Republicans — including those who sponsored the bill in the first place — blocked passage of a bill that would have established a $1 billion jobs program for veterans:

Republicans said the spending authorized in the bill violated limits that Congress agreed to last year. Democrats fell two votes shy of the 60-vote majority needed to waive the objection, forcing the legislation back to committee.

Yeah, bullshit. They did it because even though it didn’t stand a chance of passing the House this session, they didn’t want to hand anything at all to President Obama during an election.

To be fair, five Republicans did vote to waive the objection, but only after they knew that the bill would fail anyway.

Support the troops, right?

(Cross-posted at Bark Bark Woof Woof.)