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Posted on 09/30/2009 11:40:46 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Up against a midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday that temporarily would extend spending on most federal programs at current levels while raising Congress' budget by 6 percent.
The measure, approved by a 62-38 vote that sends it to President Obama's desk, would keep the government open for one more month. Obama is virtually certain to sign it before day's end.
The legislation also would patch over problems in the struggling postal service and pay for soon-to-expire highway programs for an additional month as well. The stopgap measure is needed because Congress has failed to complete work on the 11 remaining spending bills for agency budgets.
The community activist group ACORN was in line for another hit as Democrats added langauge saying the organization could not receive federal dollars under the stopgap measure or any prior legislation. ACORN has received federal funds for providing counseling to homeowners facing foreclosure and helping people eligible for food stamps apply for the program.
ACORN, short for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has come under fire over a set of videotapes made by conservative activists that show, among other things, employees offering advice about how to establish a brothel with underage prostitutes.
The underlying legislation is a $4.7 billion measure covering Congress' budget for the fiscal year beginning Thursday. That spending bill was chosen because it can't be amended before going to Obama, which saves time and spares Democrats potentially difficult votes.
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"This is the worst display that I have ever seen in my years of service in the Congress," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "We have the audacity to take care of us before we take care of the rest of America."
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Another increase for the congressional budget... Ahh, yes, it’s a time of cut backs, of making do with less, unless you’re one of the greater animals who rules the pastor...
...so after a TRILLION DOLLAR Porkulus they don’t have the money to keep working?
“The stopgap measure is needed because Congress has failed to complete work on the 11 remaining spending bills for agency budgets.”
Too busy trying to hijack the Economy through National Socialist Healthcare legislation to worry about minutia...
“This is the worst display that I have ever seen in my years of service in the Congress,” said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. “We have the AUDACITY to take care of us before we take care of the rest of America.”
At least one person in DC i would vote for again.
He will sign it before he resumes his extended vacation.
Obviously this is further evidence that Obama has rescued the economy and that we’re back on track...
“Another increase for the congressional budget”
Yep, gotta keep giving the useless pieces of crap in congress THEIR pay raises even though job losses are going through the roof for everyone else and pay raises for the average workers was probably 3% or less.
Tell me about the flippin' job market out there... Spent 9 months hunting for any job, including minimum wage jobs, and lucked out in finding something. So frustrating interviewing for jobs that don't exist because HR folks don't want to lose their jobs because they're not interviewing folks.
http://patriotroom.com/article/treasure-trove-of-acorn-docs-found-it-s-hemlock-time
read it and smirk!
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