A $33 billion war supplemental to fund ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is being held up by House Democrats who want to attach $10 billion for bankrupt states like New York and California that refuse to cut unsustainable education funding in these troubled economic times.
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http://www.dakotavoice.com/2010/06/holding-the-troops-hostage-to-unions/
The demise of Democrats' jobs-agenda legislation means unemployment benefits will phase out for more than 200,000 people a week.
Governors who had counted on fresh federal aid will now have to consider more budget cuts, tax increases and layoffs of state workers. The House may try to revive the long-stalled jobless aid bill next week as a standalo
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/house-standalone-jobs-bill_n_626309.html
With the NRA's deal with House Democrats, exempting it from what the NRA itself described as "byzantine disclosure requirements" that have "the effect of intimidating speech," they've expressed their tacit approval of imposing such oppressive restrictions on everyone else.
And they have the audacity to portray themselves as "defenders of liberty."
