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jebbypalI know, they probably don't care if Medicaid goes kaput on the basis that those people probably don't pay taxes. I really think we should make it so that politicians recieve their health care through Medicaid!!! Then our grandparents wouldn't have to choose between food and medicine!
From the Daily Kos as usual:
The House just passed a compromise budget plan worked out between House and Senate Republicans. Via the LA Times:
WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders in Congress announced agreement Thursday on a 2006 budget that calls for new belt-tightening in major domestic programs, even as it allows $106 billion more in tax cuts and leaves a $382 billion deficit.
The agreement also paves the way for adoption later this year of legislation to expand oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a top White House priority.
The vote was 214-211, with no Democratic crossovers. Total cuts to federal benefits programs under this plan are approx. $35 billion, with Medicaid shouldering the largest cuts. From a Bloomberg story:
Medicaid "is growing far too fast for us to be able to afford it," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican.
We can't afford $10 billion for health care for Americans who otherwise won't get it. We can afford yet another $106 billion in tax cuts. Got it.
Should be a Senate vote tonight or tomorrow, where it is expected to pass by a similarly narrow margin.
And as a plus...you just know the Republicans are going to portray any Democratic "nay" votes as a vote against the working man. Who cares about Medicaid and the environment after all!!
From the Daily Kos as usual:
The House just passed a compromise budget plan worked out between House and Senate Republicans. Via the LA Times:
WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders in Congress announced agreement Thursday on a 2006 budget that calls for new belt-tightening in major domestic programs, even as it allows $106 billion more in tax cuts and leaves a $382 billion deficit.
The agreement also paves the way for adoption later this year of legislation to expand oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a top White House priority.
The vote was 214-211, with no Democratic crossovers. Total cuts to federal benefits programs under this plan are approx. $35 billion, with Medicaid shouldering the largest cuts. From a Bloomberg story:
Medicaid "is growing far too fast for us to be able to afford it," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican.
We can't afford $10 billion for health care for Americans who otherwise won't get it. We can afford yet another $106 billion in tax cuts. Got it.
Should be a Senate vote tonight or tomorrow, where it is expected to pass by a similarly narrow margin.
And as a plus...you just know the Republicans are going to portray any Democratic "nay" votes as a vote against the working man. Who cares about Medicaid and the environment after all!!