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Republicans Screw Soldiers & Vets - Yet Again
by DavidNYC
Wed Mar 2nd, 2005 at 09:59:34 PST
As you probably know, the GOP is pushing an utterly abominable bankruptcy "reform" bill through Congress, which, true to form, serves only the interests of big lenders while hosing ordinary Americans. Democrats in the Senate offered an amendment to mitigate this wretched bill's effects on our armed forces. The Republicans, of course, derailed it:
The Senate rejected Tuesday an effort backed by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., to exempt service members from some of the tighter bankruptcy restrictions Congress is considering.
Instead, the Senate approved a Republican-backed amendment that Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said is not good enough.
"Is it too much to ask to give them a break if the bottom falls out while they're serving America?" Durbin said.
... "It's just not right (that) those who we have called upon to make the ultimate physical sacrifice -- loss of life or limb -- should also be forced to make the ultimate financial sacrifice," Bayh said. (Emphasis added.)
The Democratic Party is the only party today which cares about the health and welfare of our military and veterans. Unfortunately, the Republicans are getting credit for passing their half-assed military exemption amendment - just look at the press coverage. Most headlines say something like, "Senate OKs Military Bankruptcy Exemption," and the articles make the GOP sound good, too. (Thanks, AP.)
Regardless of what happens with the various Democratic amendments, Atrios is completely right about this bill:
This is a pure corporate whore bill. Unlike even "tort reform" which [...] gives the GOP base orgasmic pleasure for some bizarre reason, there is no popular support for this thing. Not one voter is going to decide to vote against a Democrat because s/he voted against this thing. It's a horrible bill, and shame on anyone who votes for it.
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/3/2/125934/4378
by DavidNYC
Wed Mar 2nd, 2005 at 09:59:34 PST
As you probably know, the GOP is pushing an utterly abominable bankruptcy "reform" bill through Congress, which, true to form, serves only the interests of big lenders while hosing ordinary Americans. Democrats in the Senate offered an amendment to mitigate this wretched bill's effects on our armed forces. The Republicans, of course, derailed it:
The Senate rejected Tuesday an effort backed by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., to exempt service members from some of the tighter bankruptcy restrictions Congress is considering.
Instead, the Senate approved a Republican-backed amendment that Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said is not good enough.
"Is it too much to ask to give them a break if the bottom falls out while they're serving America?" Durbin said.
... "It's just not right (that) those who we have called upon to make the ultimate physical sacrifice -- loss of life or limb -- should also be forced to make the ultimate financial sacrifice," Bayh said. (Emphasis added.)
The Democratic Party is the only party today which cares about the health and welfare of our military and veterans. Unfortunately, the Republicans are getting credit for passing their half-assed military exemption amendment - just look at the press coverage. Most headlines say something like, "Senate OKs Military Bankruptcy Exemption," and the articles make the GOP sound good, too. (Thanks, AP.)
Regardless of what happens with the various Democratic amendments, Atrios is completely right about this bill:
This is a pure corporate whore bill. Unlike even "tort reform" which [...] gives the GOP base orgasmic pleasure for some bizarre reason, there is no popular support for this thing. Not one voter is going to decide to vote against a Democrat because s/he voted against this thing. It's a horrible bill, and shame on anyone who votes for it.
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/3/2/125934/4378
