Okay...this pissed me off.

The 42 Republican Senators decided that they wouldn't allow anything to be done until the wealthiest 2% of Americans got their tax cuts extended.

And by that, they meant "We will not discuss any bill on its own merits until you give us what we want."

And they followed through: all 42 Republican Senators voted to block the Defense budget bill--the one that provides the armed forces with the funding they need. They blocked a bill on immigration reform. And then they blocked an extension and improvement of health benefits for 9/11 first responders.

Let me repeat that last one: They blocked a bill that would extend and improve health benefits for 9/11 first responders.

Check it out:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00269#position

The Daily show had this to say:

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And while Jon Stewart pretty much gets it right, I feel I need to add something:

The GOP has spent nearly a decade loudly trumpeting their support for both those who were killed in the 9/11 attacks and those who responded to them. But the truth is that Senate Republicans have demonstrated the opposite with their actions. The truth is that Senate Republicans don't give a rat's ass about 9/11 first responders except as a bargaining chip.

Senators, you disgust me. As of right now, I am starting a grass roots movement to have every one of those 42 Senators voted out of office--or removed from office if possible. You didn't just take hostages, you starting shooting them.