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"I find it ironic that the Senate majority leader found time to publicly diagnose Terri Schiavo's case . . .
Ummmmmmmm I think he meant misdiagnose Terri Schiavo's case. The autopsy proved she was brain dead, contrary to what Frist said.
to insert 40 pages of language into the defense bill last year indemnifying the entire pharmaceutical industry . . . but he didn't manage to find the time to schedule the appropriations bills on the Senate floor," Obey said. "And as a result we are here with this mess tonight."
Yeah, you wold have thought the Senate Majority leader would have scheduled the appropriations bills first
Congress ended up passing a massive stopgap spending bill that continues federal funding at current levels until mid-February 2007. The criticism surprised Frist and angered his aides. "Dr. Frist has an exceptional record of service and these parting shots are not worthy of response, especially in light of the dignity and grace which has marked his tenure," said his communications director, Amy Call. Frist managed to stick some pork for the folks back home into the final bills passed, however. A sweeping tax, trade, Medicare and oil bill that passed early Saturday extended a sales tax deduction for taxpayers in states with no income tax. That helps Tennessee and Reid's home state of Nevada, as well as Washington, Alaska, Texas and Florida. Tennessee hospitals, meanwhile, got help covering uninsured and under-insured patients. And songwriters collectively got an estimated $3 million tax break, something many constituents in Nashville - nicknamed Music City, U.S.A. - will appreciate. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., a fiscal
conservative and Budget Committee chairman, was furious at his party's leaders, including Frist, for signing off on a package he said would add $39 billion to the nation's debt. "This is being done by the Republican leadership to the Republican membership," Gregg complained.
And they wonder why people voted for Democrats?
What Our Kids Are Learning In College
In October, senior Danny Tenenbaum wrote a column for The Badger Herald decrying the use of student fees for Sex Out Loud's pleasure programs. He said that, at a time of rising tuition, it was outrageous to allocate funding for such things. "You don't need to be a social or fiscal conservative to recognize the ridiculousness of sex-toy shopping spree funded by the students of an institute for higher education ... The lavish excess demonstrated in the Sex Out Loud's budget is nothing less than a slap in the face of the students of UW-Madison."
Zdero's parents aren't thrilled about the pleasure programs either. "They don't think that people should talk about this stuff in public, only with their partners," he said. "I say - 'How are couples even going to know what to talk about without programs like this?'"
It's too bad student fees are being spent on such nonsense.
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