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From: LindyBill	7/19/2007 6:51:14 AM
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Harry Reid's temper tantrum BETSY'S PAGE Now that Reid's little slumber party has fizzled out and gained the Democrats nothing but more fodder for their fund-raising among their anti-Iraq War base, Reid pulled the defense authorization bill because they couldn't get it passed with their defeat in Iraq amendments. John McCain reminds us what is not getting passed while the Democrats sideline the bill until after labor day. SEN. MCCAIN: This is or could be an historic moment because it could be for the first time in 45 years that the Congress of the United States, not just the Senate, but the Congress of the United States, has not passed a defense authorization bill and had that bill signed by the president of the United States. We all know why. We all know why. Because they tried to load it up with their agenda on Iraq, knowing full well that in September General Petraeus is coming back and giving a report and we will have another debate and votes at that time. Now, what have we done by not passing the defense authorization bill? We are not allowing a 3.5 percent pay raise to men and women in the military. We're not modernizing their equipment, including MRAP. We are not passing the wounded warriors legislation, which we all know is vitally needed to care for our wounded veterans. We have placed the care of our wounded veterans in a lower priority than a debate over Iraq, which we all know that debate is going to take place again in September. This is a commentary on the lack of comity in the Senate. It's a commentary on where the priorities are of those who brought down this bill. It clearly cannot be the welfare and benefit and arming and training and equipment both of our active duty military, and the medical care for our veterans. Remember this moment when you hear the Democrats talk about how they're doing all this because they care about the troops. betsyspage.blogspot.com

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