Better Believe It
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Fri Apr-08-11 04:05 PM
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Have any Republicans or Democrats posted ALL of the Republican riders added to deficit cut proposal? |
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Edited on Fri Apr-08-11 04:06 PM by Better Believe It
I'd like to see them, all of them.
We have the right to know what they are.
Why the secrecy?
Well, if anyone can find a link to all of the riders proposed by the Republicans please post it.
Thanks!
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Fri Apr-08-11 04:12 PM
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I also would like to see such a list.
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Fri Apr-08-11 04:15 PM
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Fri Apr-08-11 04:21 PM
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3. Thanks. I found the same list and summary of the major points on a website I don't trust. |
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But, after your link it appears they are correct.
They highlighted:
Prohibits funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program. Prohibits funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program. Prohibits funding for the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. Prohibits funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program or the State Energy Program. Prohibits funding for various environmental projects in California. Prohibits funding for a climate change czar in the White House. Prohibits funding for EPA efforts to regulate greenhouse gases. Prohibits funding for the EPA to change a rule regulating water. Prohibits funds for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Prohibits funds for the EPA to implement regulations to designate coal ash reside as hazardous waste. Prohibits funding for the IRS to implement health care reform. Prohibits funds for a White House Director of Health Care reform. Prohibits the District of Columbia from using its own, non-federal funds to pay for abortions beyond the very limited circumstances in which federal funds are currently available (in circumstances of rape or incest and to save the life of a pregnant woman). Prohibits funding for needle-exchange programs. Prohibits funding for sections of the Public Health Service Act. Prohibits funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any of its affiliates. Prohibits funds to pay any employee, officer or contractor to implement the provisions of the health care reform law.
Prohibits funding for the US Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, UN Population Fund, or for foreign NGOs that use their own non-U.S. funds to provide abortion services. There are many more riders in this
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