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« Reply #100 on: August 02, 2011, 07:54:11 AM »
The 1.5T in triggered cuts for 2013 and the next decade, did they already lay out in the bill exactly where those cuts will come from in each department?
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« Reply #101 on: August 02, 2011, 12:22:24 PM »
And its passed the senate!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20086930-503544.html
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« Reply #102 on: August 02, 2011, 02:23:34 PM »
Ben Nelson? Want to be Zell Miller, or got some private reason?
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« Reply #103 on: August 02, 2011, 02:27:31 PM »
Quote from: Fredi Linden on August 02, 2011, 02:23:34 PM
Ben Nelson? Want to be Zell Miller, or got some private reason?

Harkin and Grassley also voted no. Perhaps it had something to do with farm subsidies? Undecided
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« Reply #104 on: August 02, 2011, 02:30:02 PM »
Quote from: bgwah on August 02, 2011, 02:27:31 PM
Grassley also voted no. Perhaps it had something to do with farm subsidies? Undecided
Ah, I didn't look at the Republicans. That might be.
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« Reply #105 on: August 02, 2011, 05:33:00 PM »
Quote from: KEmperor on August 01, 2011, 07:57:22 PM
Quote from: LBJ  Revivalist on August 01, 2011, 06:15:10 PM
R.I.P. to the New Deal, Great Society, and the Democratic Party.

That's the best news I've heard all day.


The Democtratic Party is not dead.
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« Reply #106 on: August 03, 2011, 04:33:54 AM »
why does anyone think congress will enact the trigger mechanism when it comes time and they haven't come up with a deal (which if experience is any guide, they won't)? they'll just vote to override it.
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