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Updated: 9:30 PM Mar 18, 2010
'Cornhusker Kickback' Gets the Boot in Health Bill
Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, extra money for Tennessee and North Dakota.
Posted: 9:30 PM Mar 18, 2010Reporter: Associated Press |
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Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, extra money for Tennessee and North Dakota.
Democrats issuing revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska that has become a symbol of backdoor deal making.
But the changes include extra money for hospitals in Tennessee that serve large numbers of low-income patients. And the Bank of North Dakota would continue being able to make student loans, though the bill would revamp the nation's student loan system to make the government the only lender.
The bill also keeps alive special spending for Louisiana, Connecticut and other states that was included in the original health bill that Congress may complete this weekend.
The reconciliation bill, which includes the revisions to the Senate version of the health care overhaul, has been posted online. If you'd like to look over the legislation yourself, just click on the link below to visit the House of Representatives web site.
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CHARLIE IT WONT DO NO GOOD TO BALANCE OUT CONGRESS WE NEED A 3RD PARTY TO KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL .BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBICIANS ARE CROOKS .DEMO'S ARE DOING IT NOW THE REPUBS DID IT WHEN THEY WERE IN CHARGE SO DONT TALK LIKE THE REPUBS WERENT DOING THE SAME THING.THEY USED RECONCILATION 21 TIMES .ITS JUST NOW THEY ARENT IN CHARGE .AND THEY ARE HOWLING LOUDER THAN DEMOS DID WHEN THEY WERE SCREWING THE COUNTRY .ALSO CONGRESS NEEDS TO HAVE TERM LIMITS PERIOD .WE NEED NO MORE LIFTIME POLTICIANS .
If you were caught pulling these kinds of deals, you'd be charged with racketeering, bribery and not to mention theft (from the American taxpayers) Did absolutely no good to contact Bennett with my wishes, all we can hope for is that the voters remember this in November, and balance congress out in the two parties so this doesn't happen again. Voter's remorse yet anyone? I don't think we've seen the end of America's pain.
If I engaged in the same amount of back room dealing,our elected officials did to get the votes needed to pass this crazy bill,to get a customer to sign with me I would probably be doing it from JAIL!!!!
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