Getting Iraq war funding wrong again
Hawaii Reporter
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
04/30/07
This week, Congress finalized the controversial $124 billion Iraq emergency supplemental spending bill, with the House and Senate both voting in favor of final passage. The majority of my Republican colleagues and I voted against this measure, and the president has vowed to veto the legislation. In this final version, the House leadership retained billions of dollars in pork meant to attract skeptical votes, retained a watered-down version of the problematic ‘benchmarks’ that seek to micromanage the war effort, and continued to play politics with the funding of critical veterans medical and other assistance. In other words, this final version was even worse than the original in almost all respects...
http://tinyurl.com/29x9ea
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
04/30/07
This week, Congress finalized the controversial $124 billion Iraq emergency supplemental spending bill, with the House and Senate both voting in favor of final passage. The majority of my Republican colleagues and I voted against this measure, and the president has vowed to veto the legislation. In this final version, the House leadership retained billions of dollars in pork meant to attract skeptical votes, retained a watered-down version of the problematic ‘benchmarks’ that seek to micromanage the war effort, and continued to play politics with the funding of critical veterans medical and other assistance. In other words, this final version was even worse than the original in almost all respects...
http://tinyurl.com/29x9ea
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
rudkla - 2. Mai, 14:28
