“The legislation would allow states to impose new fees on Medicaid recipients, cut federal child support enforcement funds, impose new work requirements on state welfare programs and squeeze student lenders.” Although a tie-breaking vote by Cheney got the deficit bill passed — meaning people on Medicaid, welfare recipients, and students with loans will soon be paying for Dubya’s millionaire tax breaks — the Dems do succeed in beating back ANWR drilling, much to the chagrin of Ted Stevens, who gambled that the Senate wouldn’t vote down a defense bill.
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By the way, be sure to check out Stevens’ swanky Hulk tie (in the NYT piece.)
Hmm, a symbol of brutish, thoughtless destructiveness. An id without check of any superego to say “What I should do is…”. Good choice!
I had bad dreams about the Hulk when I was a kid… I guess there was an underlying reason.