Will House Democrats Oppose a Jobless War Supplemental?

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.truth-out.org/will-house-democrats-oppose-a-jobless-war-supplemental61680

The war supplemental for Afghanistan is expected to come back from the Senate to the House this week - without any kind of timetable for military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and without money to save teachers' jobs attached.

AP reports:

In a take-it-or-leave-it gesture, the Senate voted Thursday night to reject more than $20 billion in domestic spending the House had tacked on to its $60 billion bill to fund President Barack Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan.

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The moves repel a long-shot bid by House Democrats earlier this month to resurrect their faltering jobs agenda with $10 billion in grants to school districts to avoid teacher layoffs, $5 billion for Pell Grants to low-income college students, $1 billion for a summer jobs program and $700 million to improve security along the U.S.-Mexico border.


Labor unions had strongly backed the House Democratic effort to attach money to the supplemental, to boost employment and avoid teacher layoffs. Will these unions now urge House Democrats to vote no on any jobless war supplemental?


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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. I guess we'll see what they're made of...again.

Melted jello topped with grade A, Red, White, and Blue Bullshit is my guess.

[Fumesucker]

3. Indeed, but you must admit that it's some sensible melted jello..

And the Red, White and Blue Bullshit is pragmatic to a fault.

[napi21]

2. I THINK part of this bill is the funding for the black farmers who

won their judgement in court in 1999 but it had to be funded by the Senate. Aparently the Senate Dems have aleady added it to many bills in the past but it's always been stripped out at the last minute. I heard it was added to the most recent war funding bill, and I THINK it's still in there. I believe it's $20 million and in comparison to all the other things they spend $$ on, that's a drop in the bucket.