BS: First One Hundred Hours of New Congress

Subject: BS: First One Hundred Hours of New Congress
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 10:50 PM

How I hope that next month this will come to pass. It can happen- in Alaska in the Primary Election we gave our governor the boot, a man who had spent many uninterrupted years in the US Senate. It can happen - and will - if enough people in this country see clearly the shape this country is in and see that the direction in which it is going will only make it worse, much worse. It can happen...

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    Friday 06 October 2006

    Washington - Franklin Roosevelt had his first hundred days.

    House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours, time enough, she says, to begin to "drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule.

    As in the first 100 hours the House meets after Democrats - in her fondest wish - win control in the Nov. 7 midterm elections and Pelosi takes the gavel as the first Madam Speaker in history.

    Day One: Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation."

    Day Two: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

    Time remaining until 100 hours: Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, maybe in one step. Cut the interest rate on student loans in half. Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.

    Broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds - "I hope with a veto-proof majority," she added in an Associated Press interview Thursday.

    All the days after that: "Pay as you go," meaning no increasing the deficit, whether the issue is middle class tax relief, health care or some other priority.

    To do that, she said, Bush-era tax cuts would have to be rolled back for those above "a certain level." She mentioned annual incomes of $250,000 or $300,000 a year and higher, and said tax rates for those individuals might revert to those of the Clinton era. Details will have to be worked out, she emphasized.

    "We believe in the marketplace," Pelosi said of Democrats, then drew a contrast with Republicans. "They have only rewarded wealth, not work."

    "We must share the benefits of our wealth" beyond the privileged few, she added."


It can happen.

Subject: RE: BS: First One Hundred Hours of New Congress
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 12:18 AM

Yes!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: First One Hundred Hours of New Congress
From: Ron Davies
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 01:21 PM

But to get there people have to overcome the mindset that it's just "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"--an attitude seen often on Mudcat---and actually vote this November.

Subject: RE: BS: First One Hundred Hours of New Congress
From: Amos
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 01:32 PM

Followed by a universal reform on the mode of communicating bills, riders and proposals at law in both the House and Senate such that:

1. No material will be added that is not directly relevant to the subject of the proposal
2. No funds shall be allocated by a proposal not directly germane to the purpose of the proposal
3. All clauses of the proposal shall be expressed in the plainest English possible in a tone and spirit of candor.

By the way I saw recently that Bush proposed a national on-line database which would enable any citizen to see clearly where Federal money was being spent.

While I do not trust the motive, in this case, I applaud the idea.

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