This post was born out of my frustration with our mealy mouthed Democrats not forcefully speaking out, but I'm editing to add this.....
WASHINGTON — A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
The bill would have provided free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins.
House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat the bill.
Anthony Weiner goes ballistic....
and this...
Republicans blocked a bill Thursday that would have opened up lending for small businesses. The fund would have been available to community banks with less than 10 billion in assets to help with lending and also it would have provided 12 billion in small business tax breaks. But of course its political games playing as usual. Republicans are saying the bill is too much like the huge bailout of the financial industry. What a joke! The Dems are saying the banks should be able to use the lending fund to leverage up to 300 billion in loans which will help loosen the tight credit markets. But NO, these idiots in Washington care more about their standing in the polls and what they THINK voters want them to do, in the meantime Americans must suffer more.....
Democrats had wanted to pass the bill before Congress leaves town for summer vacation, but that won't happen with the House scheduled to adjourn Friday. The Senate is in session for another week, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said there would be no more votes until Monday. Crybaby Mitch McConnell said Dems were blocking GOP amendments and Reid said the GOP demands kept changing. Changing to slow things down is more like it. The usual obstructing to hurt democrats but in the end they are hurting the country. Do they care? Hell NO! The back and forth childs play is sickening!
Now back to my original posting. This is what I want to see more of from our elected leaders. I want to see fighting for us, not fighting between them!
One of the greatest voices in Americas history. I believe this was from '07, Senator Ted Kennedy bellowing on the Senate floor. We have no voice today like the voice of Ted Kennedy, we don't seem to have the passion and determination in the party like we did back then. If you want to get fired up and fight the obstructing do nothing republican party then listen to this video. Damn, I miss this man so much...
I found this comment while reading the news stories last night. I loved what this woman said...
"The entire country is being played with, just like a cat with a mouse, by the republicans and the corporate sponsors.
It's a mean little game for them, to show the country "who is boss." They want nothing to be gained by this administration so that history will reflect an ineffective administration, and they will destroy people's lives in order to attain their goal.
The United States will soon become an evil empire thanks to the ill-informed people who believe that the republicans have any regard for the people in Middle America."
