HOW THEY GONNA INVEST ANYTHING WITH THE SYSTEM GOING BROKE??????????? DAN
--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [QUAD-L] Fwd: The Presidential Candidates and People with Disabilities. To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 1:54 PM >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:07:32 EDT >Subject: The Presidential Candidates and People with Disabilities. >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 8000 >X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d >X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X_Mailing_List_Server: Majordomo 1.94.5 >X_Mailing_List_Provider: TRIPIL.COM (http://www.tripil.com) >List-Id: Steve Golds ADA List Server >List-Archive: <http://www.stevegoldada.com> >X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8316/Tue Sep 23 05:40:56 2008 on alumni.sr.unh.edu >X-Virus-Status: Clean >X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham > version=3.2.4 >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on alumni.sr.unh.edu >X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (jaffrey.unh.edu [132.177.137.62]); Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:58:47 -0400 (EDT) >X-cisunix-MailScanner-Information: http://pubpages.unh.edu/notes/mailfiltering.html >X-cisunix-MailScanner-ID: m8NHwkdK005985 >X-cisunix-MailScanner: Found to be clean >X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.429, > required 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.17, BAYES_00 -2.60) >X-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-cisunix-MailScanner-Watermark: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The Presidential Candidates and People with Disabilities. > >The following information was received from the Obama campaign. I am >sending it out for discussion. If the McCain campaign sends me a similar >document, I'll send it out. > >BARACK OBAMA VS. JOHN MCCAIN: Who Will Break Down the Barriers that >Exclude People with Disabilities? > >OBAMA ON SUPPORT FOR LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY > >Obama is a co-sponsor of the Community Choice Act of 2007. Obama believes >that individuals should be able to make their own choices for their living >arrangements and live independently in their communities. [S.799, 110th >Congress] > >Obama is a co-sponsor of the Community Living Assistance Services and >Support (CLASS) Act Of 2007. This bill would help individuals with >functional impairments pay for services that they need to maximize their >independence. [S.1758, 110th Congress] > >MCCAIN ON SUPPORT FOR LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY > >McCain strongly opposes the Community Choice Act. Asked about the >Community Choice Act at a Town Hall in Denver, McCain said "The Community >Choice Act is not a piece of legislation that I support." [McCain Town >Hall, 7/7/08] > >OBAMA ON EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES > >Barack Obama supports full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities >Education Act (IDEA), early intervention and developmental programs, and >expanded college opportunities for students with disabilities. > >Obama voted for over $44 billion in funding for the IDEA. [SCR 1, Senate >Vote #94, 3/22/07] > >Obama will invest $10 billion per year in early intervention, educational >and developmental programs for children between zero and five. His plan >will help expand programs such as Early Head Start to serve more children >with disabilities. His plan also will encourage states to expand programs >for children with disabilities, such as IDEA Part C. [Obama Plan to >Empower Americans with Disabilities] > >Obama supports increasing opportunities for college students with >disabilities. He also will provide more support for these college >students. Obama was an original co-sponsor of the Senate bill to >reauthorize the Higher Education Act (S. 1642) which significantly expands >opportunities and supports for individuals with disabilities to attend >college and graduate programs. [S.1642, 110th Congress] > > >MCCAIN ON EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES > >John McCain has repeatedly voted against the IDEA even though he claims he >supports full funding of it. > >McCain has repeatedly voted against funding for special education. > > McCain repeatedly voted against funding increases for the IDEA. >[H.R.4577, Senate Vote #170, 6/30/00; SCR 23, Senate Vote #103, 3/26/03] > > McCain has chosen tax cuts for the wealthy over education funding for >students with disabilities. Specifically, McCain voted against increasing >spending in the amount of $229 billion over 10 years for the IDEA. >McCain also voted against an amendment that would create a reserve fund of >$73 billion in IDEA funding. The spending would have been made possible >by reducing tax cuts. [SCR 23, Senate Vote #103, 3/26/03; SCR 23, Senate >Vote #70, 3/21/03] > >McCain did not co-sponsor reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (S. >1642). He also did not vote on passage of the reauthorization of the >Higher Education Act in the 110th Congress. [S.1642, 110th Congress; S. >1642, Senate Vote #275, 7/24/07] > >Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues > >Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at >http://www.stevegoldada.com >with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects. To >contact Steve Gold directly, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >or call 215-627-7100. > >-- >Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues > >Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at >http://www.stevegoldada.com > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LIST: > To Unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and in the body of the message include ONLY: > unsubscribe stevegoldada
