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Edwards blocks GIs' loan break
Washington Times ^
| Tuesday, July 1, 2003
| By Charles Hurt
Posted on 06/30/2003 9:55:39 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:04:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Sen. John Edwards, North Carolina Democrat, is single-handedly blocking Senate action on legislation all but unanimously supported by the House to ease the student-loan burden for soldiers fighting overseas.
In April, the House voted 421-1 to pass the HEROES Act, which essentially would defer student loans for soldiers called into action. The only dissenting vote was cast accidentally by one of the bill's sponsors.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: edwardswatch; electionpresident; heroesact; johnedwards; moose; northcarolina; oldnorthstate; studentloans; unhelpful; veterans
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To: mewzilla
Oh, what this says about their constituencies... Hold on now: I'm one of his "constituents!!!" And we ARE working as hard as we can to get rid of this creep; this article is going to help!
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07/01/2003 8:11:01 AM PDT
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Howlin
(A vote for Bush in 2004 is just that -- a vote for Bush!!!!!)
To: kaboom
"If Edwards is holding this up, then he certainly is an ass." Let's see.... Edwards, lawyer, DemocRAT....yes, he qualifies as an ass.
To: Cathryn Crawford
Here's another one.
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To: All
I sent it to JerryAgar, the N&O and WRAL too!!
Also, I begged Rush to do it and he JUST nailed Edwards on it!!!!
We need state wide play....be sure to send it to your home paper and stations!
To: cinFLA
Even if they didn't have that dedication to start with, they definitely lose it with the declaration of being a candidate for President.
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07/01/2003 7:34:47 PM PDT
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pacpam
(action=consequence applies in all cases)
Hostile to the military bump
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