Spending
-- Jayson
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The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to reduce federal spending on farm subsidies, Medi-care, and Medi-caid.
In total, the plan reduces federal outlays by $36 billion over five years, with $6 billion fewer public dollars to be spent over the first year.
As mentioned earlier, the bill also provides for ANWR drilling.
The roll call was as follows:
50 = Republicans in favor of less spending and ANWR drilling.
2 = Democrats in favor.
42 = Democrats opposed to less spending and ANWR drilling.
5 = Republicans opposed.
Totals: 52-47-1, in favor of less federal health care spending, lower farm subsidies, and ANWR drilling.
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Haven’t the MediaCrats rhythmically been chanting “profilgate federal spending” and “high oil and gas prices” over the past few years?
Well, then one would have thought more than two members of their Senate caucus would have voted for that bill? {Glug, glug, glug. Ah, Kool-Aid.}
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The bill now moves on to await the House’s version of the budget. Then there will be the inevitable reconciliation process.
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Once the final version of that partial austerity plan is signed, sealed, and delivered, it will become the seventh major legislative enactment over the past nine months by the current Congress:
(1) Medi-care, farm subsidy, and Medi-caid spending restraints,
(2) comprehensive energy reforms,
(3) firearms liability reform,
(4) the Real ID Act,
(5) class action lawsuit reform,
(6) the CAFTA free-trade statute, and
(7) bankruptcy reform.
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