Friday, March 17, 2006

Why I Like Debbie: Amendments from Stabenow...

...to the Senate Budget orgy that was held yesterday. Perusing the Senate Roll Call page, I noticed a little something about Democratic amendments. It seems that a good portion of them actually proposed paying for the motions that they proposed.

Imagine that. Paying the bills. What a novel concept.

Debbie has been taking a lot of shit lately, even in the "liberal" circles, so I wanted to point out something good. Here's her amendments- even though Republicans rejected them, because, well... I don't know. I guess they hate veterans and seniors or something.

Stabenow Amdt No. 3164; To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide seniors with a prescription drug benefit option that is affordable, user-friendly, and administered directly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Stabenow Amdt No. 3141; To provide an assured stream of funding for veteran's health care that will take into account the annual changes in the veteran's population and inflation to be paid for by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for income over $1 million, closing corporate tax loopholes and delaying tax cuts for the wealthy.

Stabenow Amdt. No. 3056; To provide $5 billion for our emergency responders so that they can field effective and reliable interoperable communications equipment to respond to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and the public safety needs of America's communities and fully offset this by closing tax loopholes and collecting more from the tax gap.


Cheers for Debbie.