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CNN BREAKING: CHENEY BREAKS BUDGET TIE IN SENATE!
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Posted on 12/21/2005 7:34:47 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

Looks like the VEEP just came in from the Mideast soon enough to BREAK the budget tie in the Senate. The budget has passed the Senate.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; bigspenders; chargeit; cheney; federaldeficit
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1 posted on 12/21/2005 7:34:47 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

I like that guy, 'cept when he's pushing that awful PATRIOT act.


2 posted on 12/21/2005 7:35:19 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Over it is not, until over it is." -- Yoda Berra)
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To: Lazamataz

From the AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-controlled Senate passes legislation to cut the federal deficit by $39.7 billion by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the deciding vote.


3 posted on 12/21/2005 7:35:41 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Lazamataz

GREAT tagline! Love it!


4 posted on 12/21/2005 7:35:59 AM PST by pgyanke (I shudder for my country when I reflect that God is just. - (paraphrased) T. Jefferson)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Who were the RINOs?


6 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:18 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: SoFloFreeper

Cha-ching!


7 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:22 AM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Change his oil. Rotate his tires. Cheney's good for another 100,000 miles.


8 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:22 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: SoFloFreeper

Is this the one with ANWR?


9 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:30 AM PST by lysie
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To: SoFloFreeper

It's a start.


10 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:32 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: SoFloFreeper

Why was Cheney even needed?


11 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:34 AM PST by Glenn (What I've dared, I've willed; and what I've willed, I'll do!)
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To: Lazamataz

MORE:

The measure, the product of a year's labors by the White House and the GOP in Congress, imposes the first restraints in nearly a decade in federal benefit programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and student loans.


THE FIRST RESTRAINTS IN NEARLY A DECADE IN MEDICAID, MEDICARE, AND STUDENT LOANS!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAW!


12 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:34 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

As Clinton would say (and did) "It's a mandate for the president's budget priorities."


13 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:39 AM PST by Andyman (God loves you just the way you are . . . but too much to leave you that way.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Was ANWR drilling attached?


14 posted on 12/21/2005 7:36:49 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: 1Old Pro

SEE POST 12. :)


15 posted on 12/21/2005 7:37:00 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

This is some cool stuff he's just voted for.


16 posted on 12/21/2005 7:37:09 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Over it is not, until over it is." -- Yoda Berra)
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To: CFC__VRWC

Hell yeah! Go get 'em Cheney!


17 posted on 12/21/2005 7:37:14 AM PST by BigTom85 (Proud Gun Owner and Member of NRA)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Who voted no besides Democrats?


18 posted on 12/21/2005 7:37:49 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: pgyanke
GREAT tagline! Love it.

:o)

Tanks.

19 posted on 12/21/2005 7:37:54 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Over it is not, until over it is." -- Yoda Berra)
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To: MeanWestTexan
Who were the RINOs?

Probably the usual suspects, mccain, hagel, snowe, et al.

20 posted on 12/21/2005 7:38:02 AM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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