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the diabolical nature of Congress
Since 04-02-06
From: MRGRG-MS@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:MRGRG-MS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Riley
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:32 AM
To: Floyd Sears; mrgrg-ms
Cc: fmbaird@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re: [MRGRG-MS] [Fwd: [Brown-Bag-Participants] Responding to your
message]
Reference the letter from Rep Tanner to Floyd Baird.....(below)
You know what makes Rep Tanner's observations even more bizarre, astounding, perplexing, but perhaps reflects clearly the diabolical nature of Congress..... it's the omission in Mr. Tanner's letter.........and I'm sure he didn't purposefully omit what I see as mind boggling for the average American.
The omission: Chairman Shaw of the Subcommittee on Trade and Chairwoman Johnson of the Subcommittee on Health are both cosponsors of HR 602.
Also Ron Lewis, R-KY and Mark Foley, R-FL are cosponsors of HR 602 on the Trade Subcommittee; also Democrats William Jefferson D-LA, John Tanner D-TN, John Larson D-CT and Jim McDermott D-WA
Six of the 15 Trade Subcommittee members are cosponsors, to include the Chairman and it can't be brought up for consideration?
Moving to the Health Subcommittee, the Chairwoman, Nancy Johnson is a HR 602 cosponsor as well as Democrats John Lewis, GA, Lloyd Doggett, TX, and Rahm Emanuel, IL. Four of the 13 members are HR 602 cosponsors but one of them is the Chairwoman.........
Just a few days ago we had a sad and disgusting twist when all 22 Republicans in the U.S. House Republican Budget Committee voted to support DoD TRICARE fee increase. Explain this: Rep Chet Edwards, D-TX has introduced a Bill, HR 4949 which if passed will block any attempt by DoD to increase TRICARE fees.
HR 4949 has 118 cosponsors as of March 31, 2006 and guess who two of the cosponsors of HR 4949 are? You guessed it, two of the Republicans, Rep Thaddeus McCotter R-MI and Rep Jeb Bradley R-NH of the U.S. House Budget Committee are both cosponsors of HR 4949 but voted to side with DoD TRICARE fee increase in the House Budget Committee vote this week.........
they are for it but also against it? Sounds like the Kerry vote on the Gulf War...flip-flop is evidently contagious...also points up to me the uselessness of cosponsor status...mean nothing beyond patronizing constituents...another gutless tactic.
Now the leaders of two Ways and Means Subcommittees (Trade and Health), who are both cosponsors of HR 602, one of which wants to be Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means full committee (Clay Shaw) and neither will bring HR 602 to the table.
This is horse manure and smacks directly of unfettered, unbridled personal control by the U.S. House of Representatives leadership...it is un-American, reflects Gestapo/authoritarian tactics, eliminates representative government, free discussion, and I feel sure has our founding fathers spinning in their graves.
Maybe Shaw (Ph 202-225-3026, Fax 202-225-8398) and Johnson (Ph 202-225-4676, Fax 202-225-4488) need to be buried in phone calls and fax paper? Maybe Hastert also (Ph 202-225-2976 Fax 202-225-0697) All we're asking is a fair hearing...
We can vote them out, but you know what? The next bunch will fall into the same pattern in a few weeks after arriving in Washington, D.C.
Harry Riley
"The bedrock of our very "freedom and liberty" rests on the love of Christ and sacrifice of our warriors and spouses."
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----- Original Message -----
From: Floyd Sears
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 12:56 AM
Subject: [MRGRG-MS] [Fwd: [Brown-Bag-Participants] Responding to your message]
Many thanks to Floyd Baird for this pass-along from Congressman Tanner. The message from Congressman Tanner confirms what we suspected. HR 602 is on the congressional committee merry-go-round.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Brown-Bag-Participants] Responding to your message
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:24:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Floyd Baird
<fmbaird@sbcglobal.net>
FYI:
With the Republicans in charge looks like we are going to get it
stuck to us again... It will take a miracle to get HR-602 passed.
It just goes from committee to committee, at least Rep. Tanner
is honest, well about this anyway...
Floyd Baird
Congressman Tanner
<tn08ima.pub@mail.house.gov> wrote:
From: "Congressman Tanner"
<tn08ima.pub@mail.house.gov>
To:
<fmbaird@sbcglobal.net>
Subject:
Responding to your message
Date: Fri,
31 Mar 2006 16:10:57 -0500
March 31,
2006
Mr. Floyd
Baird
2032 Hills
Street
Flint, Mi.
48503
Dear Mr.
Baird:
Thank
you for contacting our office regarding the Keep Our Promise to America's
Military Retirees Act (HR 602). Your input is valued and much appreciated.
HR 602
would provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to any military
retiree, family member, and un-remarried former spouse of a military retiree who
was married to the retiree during the required period of service. It would also
extend FEHB to a dependant of a living or deceased military retiree.
On
February 2, 2005, HR 602 was referred to the House Committees on Armed Services,
Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, as you mention in
your letter. In the Ways and Means Committee, the bill was then referred to the
Subcommittees on Health and Trade, where it awaits further action.
As a
co-sponsor of this legislation, I would like to see the bill move along the
legislative process. Unfortunately the Republican leadership controls what
legislation moves through the committee, and it's clear they have no intention
of scheduling any action on this key bill. Despite this, I will continue to urge
the Republican Chairman of the Committee to schedule a hearing or markup on HR
602.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts on this important
legislation. I look forward to hearing from you again in the future.
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