Bush Will Again Veto SCHIP

Oct 25th 2007

By: Summer

In: Politics

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Although the revised bill costs the same, 35million dollars over 5 years, Democratic leaders say that they have addressed the concerns brought up by the President who vetoed the original bill and the members of the House who voted no on overriding his veto.
Namely it will not allow coverage to families who make more than [...]

“For the Children”

Oct 20th 2007

By: Summer

In: Sinners

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Something about this phrase really amused Rush Limbaugh. As you can read here on his radio show transcript. He was in stitches that Nancy Pelosi had implored the House to do the right thing and override the president’s veto “for the children.”
Now, we’ve all seen overused catch phrases in politics, rhetoric that means nothing, but [...]

Turkey Attacks Iraq. What will this mean for the US?

Oct 15th 2007

By: Summer

In: Politics

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A House committee voted last week to send to the floor a resolution that would label the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Turkey in 1915 genocide. Incensed, Turkey threatened that if this measure is passed by the full House they would reconsider their support of the Iraq war.
The US ships supplies through Turkey from [...]

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