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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 06:41 PM
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This Iraq troop bill is nothing. The headlines should be about this bill:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to cut $700 million from the food stamp program, despite objections from antihunger groups complaining that estimates show some 235,000 people would lose benefits....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051118/pl_nm/congress_funding_foodstamps_dc;_ylt=Aqe0r0lAuIHR8qQM8NvoDcmyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

The poor mean nothing to these Rupukes.
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TheGunslinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 06:42 PM
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1. Coinky-dink? Probably not.
Shrewd move by the GOP to move the focus of attention to a BS ploy.

The M$M have taken the bait. CBS did mention the budget bill would cut aid to students, poor, and farmers but it was a 5-second mention.
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