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Thread #97873 Message #2169464
Posted By: GUEST,Started the thread
12-Oct-07 - 09:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Keeping Democrats honest
Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Democrats honest
In a succession of voice votes that were barely covered by the major media, the Democratic-led Senate has overwhelmingly approved approximately half a trillion dollars for the 2008 fiscal budgets funding the Pentagon's war machine and global US intelligence operations....
The Democratic leadership in Congress is preparing to introduce new legislation this week that would permanently legalize the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance, while possibly providing a blanket amnesty for private telecommunications firms that helped the Bush administration illegally spy on their own customers....
The Democratic Party leadership in the US Senate has effectively killed proposals put forward earlier this year to close a tax loophole that allows billionaire managers of hedge and private equity funds to enjoy tax rates on their income that are far lower than those imposed on average American workers....