SKROOO THEM!!!
Posted on 06/22/2007 7:25:53 PM PDT by bnelson44
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as lawmakers accused the close ally of religious intolerance and bankrolling terrorist organizations.
The prohibition, reflecting persistent tensions with the kingdom after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, was attached to a foreign aid funding bill for next year that has not yet been debated by the Senate.
It also faces a veto threat from the White House because of an unrelated provision.
A spokesman for the Saudi embassy in Washington declined to comment on the legislation.
In the past three years, Congress has passed bills to stop the relatively small amount of U.S. aid to Saudi Arabia, only to see the Bush administration circumvent the prohibitions.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
probably paying them off for not sending more terrs to fly passenger planes. we will probably pay more when they raise
the price of oil.
First
Impeach Bush
Second
Impeach all the Republicans who voted for this
Third
Throw the rest out and start all over. We live in the most screwed up nation. Why are we sending AID to S. Arabia in the first place?
Sad sad and pathetic. President Bush will veto this? WHAT A JERK. Sell us out to the Mexicans and NOW to Arabia!
Wow what else can he do to lower his approval rating?
Perks for our Masters.
Sure, like we need to give them money for ANYTHING, especially we already protect their Mohammadan butts from a Shia invasion. Perhaps they can protect themselves with all the oil money, and the billions of dollars of millitary equipment we GIVE them.
Yet, they turn around and promote Wahabbi fundamentalist Islam which is the largest (but not the only) and most well funded legs of Islamic terrorism.
It might be worth it if we were serious about putting an end to the Iranian (shia) rise to regional power- the next Persian empire- which WILL put an end to the Wahabbi's, and pretty much all other opposition south of the Euphrates, and becoming a very serious, and perhaps unstoppable regional power.
say goodbye to all Western influence in the ME and perhaps Europe as well. It's a very real possiblity, one which Putin, (and some other greedy Europeon governments as well) are involved in.
I wonder what the “unrelated provision” is? I didn’t see it mentioned in the article or posts. I’m probably too dumb to understand the entire bill, so can someone find it in “laymen’s terms”? It might be good to know before we start calling for impeachments.
I’m really wondering who it is I voted for two times.
Democrats Pass Provision for Contraceptives in House Foreign Aid Bill
House Democrats narrowly passed a measure yesterday to provide contraceptives to overseas organizations that had been banned from receiving foreign aid because they provided or promoted abortion.
The amendment to an important antiabortion measure in the House foreign aid spending bill was a rebuke to President Bush, who has strictly opposed providing any assistance to groups that promote abortion. The Reagan-era measure, known as the Mexico City policy, was fiercely protected by Bush, who has issued two veto threats over the foreign aid bill should Democrats attempt to alter any of the antiabortion measures it contains.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854647/posts
SKROOO THEM!!!
Here is the section of the Bill:
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under title III and IV of this Act , not less than $441,000,000 shall be made available for family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That, in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, no contract or grant for the exclusive purpose of providing donated contraceptives in developing countries shall be denied to any nongovernmental organization solely on the basis of the policy contained in the President’s March 28, 2001, Memorandum to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development with respect to providing contraceptives in developing countries, or any comparable administration policy regarding the provision of contraceptives.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c110:2:./temp/~c110ITNIDl:e129996:
That’s a very good question, but the answer is quite easily found when you realize that the WTO is infested with Muzzies from Opec nations. Like Saddam, it isn’t hard for them to stuff the pockets of greedy liberals at club UN.
They get their pocket picked every time.
We get our pockets picked every time.
Fixed it for you.
What are the names of the bases and their staff levels?
Thanks for keeping up with this.
In the past three years, Congress has passed bills to stop the relatively small amount of U.S. aid to Saudi Arabia, only to see the Bush administration circumvent the prohibitions.
Huh? What the heck do they need aid for? Unless were are sending “aid” to “moderate groups” within Saudi Arabia.
Let’s cut off Jordan, Egypt and the so-called Palestinians while we are at it.
Ungrateful bunch of neandrathals.
Did you see posts #27 and #30? The “unrelated provision” that Reuters isn’t discussing?
“In the last six years, 52 nations have bought $7 billion worth of our gold, and all 52 are receiving foreign aid from this country.” - Ronald Reagan, A Time for Choosing speech.
This has been going on a long time. They should all be cut off.
What bases? We pulled out years ago.
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