Senate Approves Cuts to Social Programs (Cutting $36B in Spending!)

Fox News ^ | November 03, 2005 | AP

[HHKrepublican_2]

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday narrowly approved the first cuts since 1997 to benefit programs such as Medicare (search), Medicaid (search) and farm subsidies, giving Republicans a symbolic victory against ever-rising government spending.

The bill, passed by a 52-47 vote, would make modest cuts to the health care programs for the elderly, poor and disabled, but leave the food stamp program untouched.

The measure also would permit exploratory oil drilling in an Alaskan wilderness (search) area.

The spending battle now heads to the House, where Republicans are divided over whether to cut more deeply across a broader range of social programs.

The spending battle now heads to the House, where Republicans are divided over whether to cut more deeply across a broader range of social programs

[Veritas et equitas ad Votum]

Don't forget to mention whose amendment would have stripped that provision away.

(KKK Byrd)

Sen. Klegal seems more conservative than many in the GOP. How sad.

[festus]

Gee, that's odd I could have sworn that Republicans were in power in all three branches?

Two branches only so far, legislative and administrative. The judicial branch, the supreme court, is decidedly not conservative, yet.....

[Veritas et equitas ad Votum]

Right. Instead of taking away jobs from farm workers or home building laborers, we are going to lose high-tech jobs. Great!!

[HHKrepublican_2]

YEAs ---52 Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-NE) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---47 Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR) Not Voting - 1 Corzine (D-NJ)

[rockthecasbah]

Ben Nelson voted yes?! Can we count on him to help with the Alito nomination?

[TomGuy]

Read the whole article. It isn't as 'conservative' as you might hope. Bush still wants to pay off insurance companies:

the White House has threatened to veto the bill over an obscure proposal to kill subsidies for some regional health insurers that offered Medicare prescription drug coverage.

[Colonel_Flagg]

What's up with Coleman?

Coleman didn't like some of the entitlement cuts and does not favor drilling in ANWR. He heard from me the first time he did this and he is about to hear from me again. I'm very disappointed in him.

[rockthecasbah]

Coleman, DeWine, Snowe and Chafee are the RINOs.

Ben Nelson was the lone Dem vote in favor.

[Axhandle]

This is crap. Read the whole article.

"The Senate bill is estimated to trim $36 billion, or 2 percent, from budget deficits forecast at $1.6 trillion over five years. The cuts total $6 billion for the plan's first year, with deficits predicted to exceed $300 billion."

"The bill contains about $35 billion in new spending to go along with the cuts:"

[Veritas et equitas ad Votum]

He's a red state RAT.

He has to pretend to be quasi-conservative.

[Veritas et equitas ad Votum]

How about this gem:

"It passed after the Senate rejected, 68-31, a bid by conservatives to make much of the aid available through school vouchers."

GOP Senators in favor of vouchers = only 31?? :-(

[p23185]

They're starting to sound like conservatives, or something.

It's a trick . . . .

[rwfromkansas]

I think if he gets ANWR out of the deal, Bush will not veto at all no matter what.

[RockinRay]

"The bill contains about $35 billion in new spending to go along with the cuts:"


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH...OH...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...WHEW...HAHA

[manwiththehands]

It's a

[Mister Baredog]

It's over 5 years I think. Big woop, but I must admit it's a (baby)step.

[Mister Baredog]

It's now up to the RINOS in the house to defeat it. Without Delay, they just might do just that.

[EGPWS]

The spending battle now heads to the House, where Republicans are divided over whether to cut more deeply across a broader range of social programs.

The spending battle now heads to the House, where Republicans are divided over whether to cut more deeply across a broader range of social programs

Yea, I would stutter on that statement too! ; )

[nicmarlo]

The RINO's are a curse.

[EGPWS]

It's a [bone]

Now, now...one must feed!

Your post shows an "if it's bad, it's bad and if it's good it's bad" attitude.

One can enjoy life and tolerate politics at the same time.