After taking the house and the senate, this country is finally livening up. For those of you that dont know, House democrats have pledged to pass sweeping legislation in their first 100 hours of session to 'drain the republican swamp' of policies and problems. We're halfway through so far, and honestly, I'm astounded. Dem's are actually DOING something, and a surprising amount of Reps have voted with them on these policies. Finally! If you'd like to discuss and want a quick summary, heres what they've been doing:
- Enforcing Paygo Laws, which will stop the deficit (Jan 5)
- Lobbying, making it illegal for lobbyists to give money to lawmakers (Jan 4)
- Security, enacting policies suggested in the 9/11 Report (Jan 9)
- Minimum Wage, set to increase to $7.25 in 2009 (Jan 10)
- Stem Cell research, increasing federal funding for (Today, Jan 11)
-Healthcare, fixing medicare by lowering prices for drugs for seniors (Set for Jan 12)
- Lower College Costs buy cutting intrest rates for Student Loans (Set for Jan 17)
- Rolling back the benefits given to oil corporations, renewable energy plan (Set for Jan 18)
Even if Bush veto's the Stem Cell bill, we finally have a legislative body that is making positive change. Go Dems!
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