Posted on 03/23/2009 3:13:22 AM PDT by joygrace
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Does this not raise suspicion? While we hear of the outrage of the people who brought us the bonus scandal, the same people are rushing to pass the GIVE Act (you give, they take): national service. Senator Reid asked that the Senate proceed to act on this bill and then immediately asked for a cloture motion.
Cloture The cloture ruleRule 22is the only formal procedure that Senate rules provide for breaking a filibuster. A filibuster is an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter. Under cloture, the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours of debate.
This bill has been rushed through the House, sent immediately to the Senate floor and then the cloture rule is immediately invoked to prevent filibuster before the Senate has even begun to discuss this bill. Why? Why is the Democratic Party so intent on passing this bill RIGHT NOW? Didnt they make a big enough blunder passing the Recovery Act like this? Havent they learned? Or maybe they have; maybe this was all planned before the new administration moved in: ram the legislation we want down the throat of the people before we even know what is happening. (They are doing the same thing with the Card Check Bill.)
Note that Senator Reid is also asking that mandatory quorum be waived.
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The Democrat Socialists aren’t passing a bill that sets up an Obama Brownshirt Army are they? Just asking.
I’m 62 and not well; doubt I could handle a stint in Obama’s Mandatary “Volunteer” Force at this point.
I’m 60 and adequate and will not be volunteering for any Obamanation program. Resistance may well be futile but I will enjoy it while I can and hope to take a few of the bastards with me when I go. If enough of us resist and whittle them down, eventually they will run out of willing accomplices.
Being pro-active (not re-active) is the key! Call your Senators! Voice your opinion!
Just called mine.
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Thank you for the ping, going to grab coffee, the phone and my attitude.
`SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking `Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting `National Civilian Community Corps Program’;
(3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (b)—
(A) by striking `Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting `National Civilian Community Corps Program’; and
(B) by striking `a Civilian Community Corps’ and inserting `a National Civilian Community Corps’; and
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
`(c) Residential Components- Both programs referred to in subsection (b) may include a residential component.’.
SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.
Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking `Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting `National Civilian Community Corps Program’; and
(B) by striking `on Civilian Community Corps’ and inserting `on National Civilian Community Corps’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
`(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which the individual enrolls in the program, but is not more than 24 years of age as of the date the individual begins participating in the program; and’;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking `Backrounds’ and inserting `Backgrounds’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: `The Director shall take appropriate steps, including through outreach and recruitment activities, to increase the percentage of participants in the program who are disadvantaged youth to 50 percent of all participants by year 2012. The Director shall report to the authorizing committees biennially on such efforts, any challenges faced, and the annual participation rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’;
Hah. I wonder what kind of an assignment they’ll give me (an ageing high school graduate of 62 yrs.). Probably, I’ll be assigned to sling hash at the “mandatory volunteer campuses” in order to feed the academic and punk types that go out and throttle all the other old people who won’t cooperate. (They’ll need their energy for that!) Ugh. I’m hiding out in the wilderness.
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