posted on May 25, 2007 05:02:01 PM new In the first 100 Hours.
The new House worked across party lines to pass legislation to:
Make Americans safer here at home
We made our very first vote the implementation of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission national security recommendations.
Make our economy fairer
We voted to increase the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years—to give American workers an overdue pay raise.
Make college more affordable for every American
We voted to cut student loan interest rates in half.
Make America more energy independent and help fight global warming
We voted to roll back multi-billion dollar taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil companies – already enjoying record profits.
We will reinvest here at home in renewable energy and energy efficiency – spending our energy dollars in the Midwest, not the Middle East.
Offer hope for new cures to devastating diseases
We voted to expand research and help unlock the promise of stem cell therapies to alleviate human suffering and cure diseases.
Help reduce the cost of drugs for seniors and Americans with disabilities
We voted to require Medicare to leverage its substantial bargaining power to buy prescription drugs and pass the savings on to the people.
Clean up Washington and the fiscal mess
We put the interests of all Americans ahead of the special interests by passing tough Congressional ethics reform, restoring “pay-as-you-go” budgeting, and restricting spending earmarks.
In the First 100 Days
The first 100 hours was just a beginning. In the first 100 days, we addressed the most pressing issue of our time – the war in Iraq. And on other immediate challenges, where there had been a failure to act, this Congress stood up for the American people.
We honored our commitment to our veterans and troops, restored investments in health care and education, gave long overdue aid to the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and worked to restore accountability in government. We have a fiscally responsible budget that reflects the values of the American people.
The new House passed legislation to:
Strengthen our National Security and Provide a New Direction in Iraq
Support the troops and oppose an open-ended commitment to the President’s failed strategy in Iraq—calling for responsible redeployment of most U.S. troops by August 31, 2008.
Require the President to ensure troops meet Defense Department standards for training, equipment, and length of deployment.
Hold the Iraqi government accountable to meet the President’s benchmarks for progress.
Refocus the fight against terror on Afghanistan and al Qaeda.
Tackle the military and veterans’ disgraceful health care crisis.
Restore Fiscal Responsibility and Grow our Economy
Cut the deficit and balance the budget over five years.
Create good jobs by investing in renewable energy and new technologies for an energy independent America.
Guarantee American workers free choice in bargaining with employers.
Develop a Budget that Reflects American Values
Extend health care coverage to millions of uninsured children.
Protect middle-income families from being hit with an AMT tax increase.
Restore critical funding to education, law enforcement, medical research, and health care – reversing years of harmful cuts.
Invest in our national security and provide the largest veterans’ funding increase in U.S. history.
Open the door to college to millions of students by increasing Pell Grants.
Provide overdue housing, infrastructure, and education aid for the survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Restore Accountability to Washington
Clean up government contracting abuses and ‘no bid’ contracts that companies like Halliburton and KBR have made infamous.
Strengthen protections for government whistleblowers who expose fraud or safety concerns.
Protect the public’s right to know, strengthening the Freedom of Information Act.
Restore “checks and balances” oversight by investigating the military health care crisis, Iraq and Hurricane Katrina reconstruction, and the firing of U.S. Attorneys.
Fight terrorism with a greater focus on those who attacked us on 9/11, on homeland security, and on keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists.
Improve our military readiness by rebuilding a 21st century force capable of projecting power and our ideals to protect our country and our interests.
Demand accountability and end the “rubber stamp” approach to Congressional oversight of the war in Iraq, the fight against terrorism, and homeland security.
Grow our Economy
Invest in 25,000 new highly-trained science, math, engineering, and technology teachers, and 100,000 students in the fields that fuel the Innovation Economy.
Double basic R&D funding and focus funds on high-risk, high-reward early stage research.
Expand ‘always on’ broadband Internet, targeting rural and underserved regions.
Pass a strong new agriculture bill for family farmers and ranchers who will lead the way to an energy independent America.
Help make home ownership affordable and make lending institutions more accountable.
Promote bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform that secures our border, strengthens our economy, protects American workers and fixes our broken system.
Care for our Children and Families
Dramatically expand access to quality health care for America’s children.
Expand and improve our most successful pre-school program, Head Start.
Convene a Children’s Summit, to ensure the best science guides policy on child care, children’s health, and early learning.
Treat mental health care the same as other medical coverage.
Expedite FDA approval and enhance the safety of life-saving drugs.
Provide more support to local police and strengthen oversight of Internet child safety.
Protect our Planet
Reduce our dependence on foreign oil to help combat rising gas prices.
Increase the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency to reduce emissions, helping to protect future generations from climate change.
Promote innovation to make America the world leader in clean energy technologies.
Restore Accountability
Break the link between legislation and lobbyists by passing lobby reform.
Strengthen our democracy and protect the integrity of our elections with paper trail accountability and reforms to prevent voter intimidation.
posted on May 25, 2007 05:05:37 PM new
Ya but Helen, they didn't start a major war, they didn't tank the economy, they didn't help make the air and water dirtier, they didn't cut brush for photo OPs....linduh will naturally assume they're failures !!!
posted on May 25, 2007 05:14:19 PM new
And it's pretty pathetic to read the list how they're going to 'protect' America.....when so many of them have been SAYING they wanted us to admit defeat and get out of Iraq.
lol lol
Hate to tell you this, but when one country FLIES the 'WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER' that does NOT mean victory.
That means, as you wish to happen, we've given up and let AQ win.
We haven't, we're NOT going to...and you'll have to get a president of your own in the WH BEFORE we'll EVER let America admit defeat again.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 05:17 PM ]
posted on May 25, 2007 05:27:09 PM new
The point is....those things the dems are bragging about having done....they didn't get passed.
Mostly because they couldn't get them through BOTH HOUSES even with the DEMOCRATS in the MAJORITY. LOL
But they SAY they passed them. When they HAVEN'T.
LIES lies and more lies. And exactly what we kept pointing out to peepa, each time he'd brag they passed this or they'd passed that. We pointed out they HADN'T passed a THING.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 05:59:09 PM new
Well, judging their non-responses to my threads and posts and their screaming about Bigpeepa whan he's not here to defend himself only proves what cowards the neocons are
Personally I think it's better to admit defeat, call it victory, and save lives than to go on and on with a failed war policy killing who knows how many more people just to save face......
Still no answer from bushit or linduh on what exactly constitutes "victory".
Still no answer from ANY neocon on why, if they hate Muslims so much and swear that they are all out to get us, why we are fighting for them in Iraq ????
posted on May 25, 2007 06:20:46 PM new
from the Assoc. Press
Bush signs Iraq spending bill
32 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Friday to pay for military operations in Iraq after a bitter struggle with Democrats in Congress who sought unsuccessfully to tie the money to U.S. troop withdrawals.
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UNSUCCESSFULLY ......
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 06:29:31 PM new
linduh , that's pretty old news...it's been all over for two days...only the formal signing today.
Get with it.
Yes, I'm sure that it's very hard for you to see money being spent on Americans but you are , of course, so happy that the meaningless blodshed and carnage will continue in Iraq. Iraq, the country filled with Muslims that you hate so much but want our troops to die and be mutilated for.
I'm sure you're doing the happy dance knowing that more children will be blown to bits.
However, no one thought the war would be ended overnight EXCEPT for the REPUBLICANS who said it would be a "three week cakewalk"....ANOTHER LIE!
Yup, voters will realize there is a prblem in congress...not ENOUGH Democrats !
We'll take care of that in 08...
HAHA bushit had to raise the minimum wage....bet THAT grinds your butt!
[ edited by mingotree on May 25, 2007 06:30 PM ]
You have NO reason to believe that will happen in '08.
Especially after the radical left sees that the dems offered SO many promises that they haven't been able to keep. NOT ENOUGH radical libs to get them passed.
This war funding bill is only one....but a HUGE one.
The voters were lied to...told IF IF IF they put dems in congress, and they did, then they'd be SURE and remove our troops from Iraq.
LOL LOL
The gutless dem party has done NO SUCH thing. AND it's not like the dem party couldn't have presented a bill to NOT FUND the war at all....thus stopping the war immediately and requiring the President to bring our troops home.
CLUE PHONE RINGING They DIDN'T. They've taken almost SIX months to play all these games and then CONCEED to the President
Not even another bill to STOP funding the wars. LOL
You may pretend their voting TO give Bush the bill he wanted....isn't that big of a deal....but radical liberals on moveon.org/etc are FLAMING MAD.
he he he
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 06:46:11 PM new
Bush admin developing plans for for reducing combat forces in Iraq by as much as half next year, NEW YORK TIMES planning to report on Saturday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE REPORT... MORE.. could 'lower troop levels to roughly 100,000 by the midst of the 2008 presidential election,' paper will claim... Sec. of Defense Gates and Condoleezza Rice proponents of the plan.... Developing...
PAPER: WHITE HOUSE PLANS MAJOR CUT IN IRAQ TROOPS FOR 2008
posted on May 25, 2007 06:49:37 PM newThat cracked me up, especially after seeing this list of what they HAVE accomplished.
Here is Linda, ranting and raving for hours about what the Democrats did not accomplish but still can not even name ONE ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM BUSH. When Linda doenst have an aswer she avoids the question. I guess she doesn't want to be proved wrong again.
The one that is against polls fails to realize that 70% of this country feels that it was wrong going into Iraq.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 25, 2007 07:10:59 PM new
Like I said, ld, you're going to have to find SOMEONE, ANYONE who gets into a position of being able to make these decisions. lol
Obviously it's not the the dem party. They're gutless. LOL
So....you can whine and whine as much as you need to. We're STAYING in Iraq UNTIL they ask us to leave, or THIS President makes THAT decision.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 07:11:52 PM new
linduh, ""he he he"
I don't know who "he" is but
I assume you mean "hee hee hee".
And how appropriate for you....I said you would be so happy that more children will be blown to bits, more trops will die and be maimeed and YOU are laughing about it.
Sane people would be sad to see the war continue.
It's not over, there will be another attempt this fall to end your monarch's reign of terror in Iraq. At least there are DECENT human beings who are trying to end this huge tragedy. So laugh on ...I bet every body count sends you into spasms of delight...
[ edited by mingotree on May 25, 2007 07:13 PM ]
posted on May 25, 2007 07:19:24 PM new
Yes, and by the dems past history....they'll make a big deal about it again for months. Put what our troops need at risk....and then CONCEDE. lol
They've established a pattern of conceding now.
Before they were elected...they said....he he he
And now they've TALK for almost 6 months and then they conceded again.
Yep....a pattern of BIG TALK and no action.
I expect nothing different in September.
They have established a pattern of being GUTLESS.
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"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 07:20 PM ]
posted on May 25, 2007 07:24:04 PM new
Gutless...you should know all about that! You can't address any posts that don't agree with your warped point of view.
I bet you ARE walking on air thinking about all those American soldiers being blown to bits, being maimed,...all for people you hate . That's sane??????
You are subhuman...but I think that isn't a surprise...
posted on May 25, 2007 07:35:40 PM new
Angry MoveOn calls for Iraq backbone
By: Josephine Hearn
May 23, 2007 06:27 PM EST
Anti-war groups resent Democratic dealmaking.
Anti-war activists vowed they will have long memories about the deal Democratic leaders struck with the Bush administration this week on Iraq war funding, warning that they will exact retribution from lawmakers in both parties in 2008.
Enraged by what they considered capitulation by Democrats, anti-war leaders vowed to redouble their efforts at defeating the next funding request when it comes up as expected in September. The group MoveOn.org, which previously had been an ally of the Democratic leadership on the war issue, in a statement raised the specter of "in-district advertising and recruitment of primary challengers" as punishment for Democrats who supported the deal.
The group called on its 3 million members to help in a last-ditch effort to defeat the bill -- a campaign virtually no one on Capitol Hill expects to succeed. MoveOn circulated a flier among lawmakers' offices reading "Congress: Have some backbone. Vote No on the supplemental."
Others said they were surprised that politicians they had hoped would be allies did not show more spine in the showdown with President Bush. "Some of us were just stunned that the Democrats would go this far" in compromising with the White House, observed former Rep. Tom Andrews (D-Maine). "We were expecting more of a fight," said Andrews, who now serves as national director of Win Without War, a coalition of groups against the Iraq war. "It's as if the election never happened."
Rep. James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), a prominent opponent of the war, was similarly disappointed with the compromise House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made with Republicans.
"I wasn't ready to fold," he said. "I'm upset that we're where we are on this."
Anti-war groups had been in daily contact with Democratic leaders over the war funding measure. Some had supported earlier versions of the bill that placed more constraints on the president.
The issue will also echo on the presidential campaign trail, where Senate Democrats such as Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) will be forced to cast votes on the funding measure -- potentially setting themselves up for the same attacks now being rained on House leaders.
Some activists had privately feared that Democratic leaders were losing their resolve to stage a protracted fight with the White House over wartime funding. Pelosi had announced earlier that the House would not leave for the Memorial Day recess without a new funding bill, a signal to some of a looming defeat.
"When they put out that deadline, people realized that we were going to lose," said an aide to an anti-war lawmaker. "Everything after that seemed like posturing."
Continue reading our story » Page: 1 2 url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4166_Page2.html
And read their comments NOW that what they FEARED has occurred....they're NOT happy....to say the least.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 07:40 PM ]
posted on May 26, 2007 05:31:28 AM new
HA HA HA. Linda can not even name one accomplishemnt from the Bush administration. Just goes to prove Bush has ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING during his six years in office. What a waste. It will be a toss up between Bush and Carter as the worst president in history.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 26, 2007 07:06:42 AM new
First linduh gives America the responsibility for the war:
Linda_K
posted on May 25, 2007 07:45:10 PM
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NOPE it's America's war.
And MOST American's would like to see us meet our goal in Iraq. So unlike you, sybil.
Your hatred of this President has blinded you and your ilk to the threat America faces....and will face for generations to come.
And we see now there isn't enough support from your ilk in congress to stop the war.
Oh...they'll continue SAYING they want it stopped....lol...lol.....but they're NOT going to find the courage NOR ENOUGH VOTES to force America to admit defeat to AQ.
Nope....that's just an un-American dream.
And today...the liberals proved it. All that talk and most of them wouldn't vote to NOT fund this war."""
THEN she switches BACK to it's bushit's war :
""We're STAYING in Iraq UNTIL they ask us to leave, or THIS President makes THAT decision.""
Well, it IS bushit's war, HIS responsibility, all on his shoulders.
Now with all her joy at more carnage and all her screamimg about the Democrats who she thinks are so cowardly for not cutting funds she forgets the the ONE BIG FACT....
IF the Democrats HAD voted to cut funding....BUSHIT WOULD'VE just VETOED IT.
She can be so happy that the meaningless bloodshed will continue but that bill that passed has a few other things in that linduh, and bushit, just may not like , like money coming to AMERICANS
posted on May 26, 2007 08:35:43 AM new
Yes, he would have. As our constitution gives the CIC THAT power. Quit sniveling.
But that's not the point....they SAID they were going to and they didn't....and YOUR angry, radical left is pissed.
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ld said: "HA HA. Linda can not even name one accomplishment from the Bush administration."
One because it has NOTHING to do with this thread.
Secondly because I have already, over and over and over again....and you're just too stupid to RETAIN it. That's YOUR problem.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 26, 2007 10:24:52 AM new
See even Linda feels Bush is a complete failure. She can not come up with one accomplishment
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 26, 2007 02:38:03 PM new
from a less rabid democrat - who can see the situation with a little more clarity. lol
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As a tactical matter, it could have been useful for the Democrats to move another bill containing timelines to Bush's desk for a second veto, simply to underscore the president's unwillingness to seek bipartisan accord on a change in policy.
But these are the brute facts: Democrats narrowly control the House but don't have an effective majority in the Senate since Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) votes with the Republicans on the war and Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) is still too ill to vote.
Democrats, in short, have enough power to complicate the president's life, but not enough to impose their will. Moreover, there is genuine disagreement even among Bush's Democratic critics over what the pace of withdrawal should be and how to minimize the damage of this war to the country's long-term interests. That is neither shocking nor appalling, but, yes, it complicates things. So does the fact that the minority wields enormous power in the Senate.
What was true in January thus remains true today: The president will be forced to change his policy only when enough Republicans tell him he has to. Facing this is no fun; it's just necessary.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 26, 2007 02:45 PM ]
posted on May 26, 2007 07:42:46 PM new
I am happy with this, could be more but with a president who hates Americans it's pretty good::
"""The final bill includes $17 billion in unrelated domestic spending, a slight reduction from the $21 billion that Congress added to the first package. The minimum-wage increase would bump the hourly rate to $7.25 an hour from the current rate of $5.15 over the next two years. The wage increase was one of the Democrats' 2006 election promises, and was attached to the war bill to guarantee that it would reach Bush's desk. ()
The bulk of the funding -- around $100 billion -- would continue military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan."""(well, NOT that part)
""The nonmilitary spending includes $6.4 billion for Gulf Coast hurricane recovery efforts and $3 billion in emergency aid to farmers, for relief from drought and other natural disasters. An additional $1 billion would pay for port and mass-transit security upgrades.
Children's health-care funding would increase by $650 million."""(Haha linduh )
Other domestic beneficiaries include state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities, and pandemic flu protection. About $3 billion would fund the conversion of U.S. military bases that are scheduled to close."""
LOL!
