Homestead mailing list

["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

S. 1689, H.R. 3289 which became P.L. 180-160.

$73,000,000 for the War on Drugs
$2,000,000 for a special court in Sierra Leone to put up as a reward
"sufficient funding" for National Endowment for Democracy, the International
Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute
$120,000,000 War on Drugs in Afghanistan

Amendments to provide aid to people in Liberia, to provide Hurricane Isabel
disaster relief, to assist citizens held hostage between 1979 and 1981, and
the list goes on to a total of  85 amendments.

But you get the gist??

Lynda


----- Original Message -----
From: <DSanner106 AT aol.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Operation Truth


> In a message dated 9/30/2004 11:52:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> lurine AT softcom.net writes:
> The bill was a pork barrel.  The pr spin was it was ALL about body armor
and
> humvee side shields.  Kerry and two others tried to amend the bill to get
> the Halliburton and other corporate welfare out of the bill but that was
> voted down and Bush stated he veto it if it passed without the pork.  The
> folks that voted against it did it as a protest to say they wouldn't vote
> for the pork.  They were fully aware that it would pass but wanted their
> concerned noted.
> I am really curious about this. I could not find a list of what was on the
> bill and I could
> not find any of these guys actually stating what they didn't like in the
> Bill. Does anyone
> know where to find this info??
>
> Drew
> _______________________________________________
> Homestead list and subscription:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead
> Change your homestead list member options:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/lurine%40softcom.net
> View the archives at:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead
>
>