-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/21/135857.shtml This is why we need a third Party! -- Bill
WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Daschle's Blockage of Stimulus Bill Disappoints Bush NewsMax.com Wires Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001 WASHINGTON – With Congress adjourned for Christmas, President Bush on Friday expressed disappointment that lawmakers left without agreement on a stimulus package to spark the economy. "Well, we just have to see," Bush said. "We'll have to see what the effects are, and we'll have time when they come back to take a look-see at the state of the economy. "We continue to get mixed signals. Hopefully the economy will be good, but we'll deal with it when we get back." Bush spoke from the Oval Office after he and first Lady Laura Bush showed off the rug she designed that will grace the floor there. Bush said he tried to work with Democrats and Republicans, but for Congress "the will to get something done just wasn't there." Daschle Dictates Senate plurality leader Tom Daschle refused even to allow a vote on the bill Thursday. His failure to take action ended, for now, a contentious debate over whether tax relief or expanded worker benefits would have sparked the desperately needed economic recovery. Other legislative unfinished business included unconfirmed judges waiting to take their place on benches across the nation. "I thought it was important to get a good stimulus package out, as well as I thought it was very important to take care of displaced workers. And the bill that I supported and my administration helped craft with both Democrats and Republicans would have done just that," Bush said. The White House said it was unclear whether a stimulus package would be useful once Congress returns in late January. Private-sector forecasters predict the economy may rebound next year, but at a less robust rate without the help the stimulus bill would have provided, the White House said. The White House had aggressively courted moderate Democrats in the U.S. Senate in hopes they would prod Daschle, D-S.D., to bring the stimulus bill to a floor vote. GOP members noted that Daschle blocked movement of the bill to the Senate floor. A $100 billion version of the economic stimulus bill was approved in October by the U.S. House of Representatives and backed by the White House. But earlier this week the House ushered through a revised bill, which included more benefits for displaced workers, apparently the sticking point for Senate Democrats. Differences remained, however, with the White House supporting, among other things, a refundable tax credit to displaced workers that they could immediately use to buy health insurance benefits. Democrats were not satisfied with the tax credit and wanted instead provisions providing direct payments to workers and increased unemployment insurance benefits. The White House required 60 votes in the Senate to get its measure through but had far fewer than that. The remaining alternative was for it to garner support for compromise legislation, which never happened. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
