The War Supplemental
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Congress is considering the war supplemental to provide funding for the troops. While they are debating that legislation and whether or not to slowly bleed the troops to death, here's a quick snapshot of what else the Democrats are trying to get passed in the war supplemental:
⇒ Peanut Storage (pg. 115): $74 million
⇒ Additional Salaries for the House of Representatives (pg. 51): $6.4 million
⇒ Live Fish Transport Across the Canadian Border (pg. 116): $5 million
⇒ FDA Office of Women’s Health (pg. 117): $4 million
⇒ Compensation to Spinach Growers (pg. 112): $25 million
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Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words...-Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes
I always refrain from cursing and "people bashing" when commenting....anyway, it won't happen again.
Pelosi's cleanest, most-ethical Congress in history attaching a pay raise to a must-pass war funding bill? One hopes that the GOP will not be so politically inept that they pass up this golden opportunity to expose the Dems for what they are.
"We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in doing so lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest
demanded that Spinach Growers Supplement. The Navy will not patrol The Persian Gulf without him.
Kyoto Now! (Because only pollution from the US hurts the planet)
they all sound like they went to "The Bush School of Speaking"