pacino wrote:

Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS), whose Mississippi district is situated on the Gulf Coast, was one of 67 Republicans on Friday to vote against a $9.7 billion relief package to victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Mississippi’s Fourth Congressional District, which Palazzo has represented since 2010, includes the city of Biloxi, one of the most heavily damaged communities in the region by Hurricane Katrina. Congress quickly passed an initial $10.5 billion relief package in the immediate aftermath of Katrina in September of 2005. Palazzo’s predecessor, former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS), supported that legislation.

“It’s not an incredibly strongly labor market but it’s mending and it’s going to continue to take time,” Greg Woodard, a strategist at Manning & Napier in Fairport, New York, which manages about $40 billion, said by telephone. “The market realized there’s some outside help. The Fed continues to provide a lot of liquidity. We got some resolution on a lot of uncertainty, although we pushed that uncertainty two months down the road.”

Payrolls rose by 155,000 workers last month following a revised 161,000 advance in November that was more than initially estimated, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median estimate of 82 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a increase of 152,000. The unemployment rate held at 7.8 percent, matching the lowest since December 2008.

“At 7.8, that tells us we still have an unemployment problem and the Fed will still be engaged,” Mohamed El-Erian, Pimco’s chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer, said today in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

A separate release from the Institute for Supply Management showed its index of U.S. non-manufacturing businesses rose to 56.1 in December from 54.7 a month earlier. The median forecast of 66 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected a decline to 54.1.

pacino wrote:why did Boehner not vote on the bill?

two reps from PA voted no. OH BOY:

Scott Perry R PA-4
Keith Rothfus R PA-12

even my crazy Rep, Joe Pitts, voted aye

pacino wrote:why did Boehner not vote on the bill?

drsmooth wrote:smerconish on MSNBC right now pulling some club for growth schmuck's fingernails out over its opposition to sandy aid

guy's squirming like a slug on hot blacktop

slugsrbad wrote:

drsmooth wrote:smerconish on MSNBC right now pulling some club for growth schmuck's fingernails out over its opposition to sandy aid

guy's squirming like a slug on hot blacktop

and slugs are bad

jerseyhoya wrote:

pacino wrote:why did Boehner not vote on the bill?

Speakers don't vote very often

jerseyhoya wrote:Astounding article on the random nobody who helped start the disorganized campaign to oust Boehner. Makes me hate so many things.

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Astounding article on the random nobody who helped start the disorganized campaign to oust Boehner. Makes me hate so many things.

Please. this kid didn't 'start' repbumblican grumbing about Boehner's "leadership". Might his street-corner howling have squirted a thimbleful of gas on the already-smoldering fire? Sure. Did it "start" the commotion? No. Not seeing anything "astounding" here.

And why would this bit of grass-roots righty revulsion inspire hate? Because all the caucus monkeys are not goose-stepping to the party tune? Because politics isn't Strat-o-matic? Because it's evidence that motivated people can make things happen by coloring outside the lines?

jerseyhoya wrote:Leadership needs to have some means of discipline. I wish he could do worse.