Really??? Interesting. I take most of what this "leader" says with a "grain of salt. Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader, is a disgrace to the great "deliberative body" that we call the Senate. This man, until very recently refused to bring a budget to the Senate Floor since 2009 - the budget he shepherded through still contained over a…
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If the federal government feels the need to try cases against citizens on the basis of civil rights, it is overstepping its role. This is a slippery slope.
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This regrettable case should never have been brought to trial --- the DOJ looked for a "hate crime" months ago and found no reason to file -- let's rest with the decision made by the jury and leave it there -- let's not make the unfortunate death of this young man into a racial issue......let's…
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I understand that the DOJ has an investment to protect having sent money and personnel to FL immediately following the event to train people how to stage riots/protests. The riot they were counting on to distract from current crises (Benghazi, Eric Holder, etc) never took place.
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My main concern for the farm bill is that we keep in place programs to maintain reasonable priced foods for the American family. I do not see this protection in the farm bill. We must maintain policies that make production of food as reasonably priced as is workable. Our environment is currently protected adequately and…
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The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation on its own and I am pleased the House was able to carve out the food stamp portion of the bill. The separate issues of farm subsidies and food stamps must be addressed independently. The cost to taxpayers for food stamps alone has reached nearly $80…
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I expect them to put the food stamps provision back in the bill in committee and vote for it. Thereby doing nothing new at all.
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Democrats just absolutely can't stand to vote for any bill that has cut back on spending. This bill, when the Food Stamps were taken out, just didn't have enough spending or hand outs to suit the Dems. As long as there were lots of hand outs included, no problem. Democrats can't stand any bill that…
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I was of the opinion that 80% of the Bill was composed of food stamps and I am sure that if that was cut it will not go much further in the Senate and will probably die in Conference Committee. This is interesting.
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The food stamp issue needs to be addressed as a separate issue so good for them.
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