JustMyPOV
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"In a rush to get out of town before the holidays, GOP leaders wrapped their $453 billion defense-spending bill on Monday morning in a basketful of year-end goodies.
They tacked on $29 billion for Gulf Coast hurricane relief and $4 billion to help prepare for a possible outbreak of bird flu. Both were easy additions, but by dawn's early light on Monday, after an all-night session, lawmakers added a controversial provision allowing drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The defense-spending bill, as agreed to in conference with Senate negotiators, was then passed 308-106."
Fox News Report
The ANWR drilling provision has always failed to come to a vote in the Senate, so what does the GOP do? They add it to a "must pass" defense-spending bill just before the holiday break to try and force an up vote on it. This is exactly the sort of behavior that we've seen over and over again from the GOP leadership, so I can't honestly say I'm surprised, however...
To put the lives of American Troops in jeopardy to try to sneak a controversial piece of legislation through is thoroughly irresponsible, and exactly the reason why they're doing so poorly in opinion polls, in my opinion. Is such an important piece of legislation to preserve the safety of our brave men and women serving our country really the place to be playing such dangerous political games?
They tacked on $29 billion for Gulf Coast hurricane relief and $4 billion to help prepare for a possible outbreak of bird flu. Both were easy additions, but by dawn's early light on Monday, after an all-night session, lawmakers added a controversial provision allowing drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The defense-spending bill, as agreed to in conference with Senate negotiators, was then passed 308-106."
Fox News Report
The ANWR drilling provision has always failed to come to a vote in the Senate, so what does the GOP do? They add it to a "must pass" defense-spending bill just before the holiday break to try and force an up vote on it. This is exactly the sort of behavior that we've seen over and over again from the GOP leadership, so I can't honestly say I'm surprised, however...
To put the lives of American Troops in jeopardy to try to sneak a controversial piece of legislation through is thoroughly irresponsible, and exactly the reason why they're doing so poorly in opinion polls, in my opinion. Is such an important piece of legislation to preserve the safety of our brave men and women serving our country really the place to be playing such dangerous political games?