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State aid passes Senate, as conservatives confirm hatred of teachers and jobless
- 08-05-2010
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By Bill Scher/Huffington Post
Bill Scher is Campaign Manager for America's Future.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today finally overcame the conservative filibuster blocking aid to fiscally distressed states, securing the votes of the not-as-insane Republican senators from Maine, giving him a 61-vote supermajority to save and create 1 million jobs and avert fears of mass teacher layoffs. Reid made painful concessions to secure the victory. He scrapped the notion of stimulative deficit spending, and offset all costs to appease deficit hysterics. To avoid adding to the deficit, in addition to closing tax loopholes for multinational corporations, the bill will end the Recovery Act's additional help to states to cover Medicaid costs in six months, and the extra funds for food stamps in 2014. (more...)
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