if you really supported veterans you lobby to fund the VA from the mandatory side of the budget !
On Feb 2, 2:10 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Travis > Subject: The traitors strike again > Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, > > http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/29/democrats-block-bid-to-ho... > > *Democrats Kill Bill that Honored > Troops*<http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/29/democrats-block-bid-to-ho...> > S.A. Miller, The Washington Times > House Democrats blocked a measure that would have required new roads, > bridges and schools funded by the $825 billion economic stimulus to be named > after US armed forces members killed in action. > > Democrats on the House Rules Committee nixed the amendment Tuesday in a > party-line 9-3 vote. The same vote also took down four other Republican > amendments that would have funded job training for veterans, stopping all > the measures from being considered Wednesday by the full House for inclusion > in the stimulus. "For whatever reason, it was not to their liking," said > Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Michigan Republican, sponsor of the amendment that > would have honored fallen troops. > > He said Republicans did not publicize the amendment because they did not > want to appear to be "grandstanding" on the issue. But he said he was > disappointed that it was so roundly rejected. Democrats on the committee > were not philosophically opposed to honoring fallen troops but concerned > about the amendment's vague language, which placed the naming requirement on > all "new infrastructure" and could have resulted in the naming of sewer > lines and water treatment plants, said an aide close to the committee and > familiar with the internal debate. The aide, who stressed the amendment was > considered as part of a package of amendments, did not want to be quoted > discussing House members' deliberative process. Several Democrats on the > committee declined interview requests.* > > Editor's Note: House Democrats can ethically include hundreds of millions in > the stimulus for ACORN and the dissemination of condoms but can't find it > acceptable to name a bridge or a public works facility after someone who > died providing defense of liberty? What does that tell us about their > feelings about liberty??* > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
