The War Is Making You Poor Act would forbid that additional spending, and require the U.S. government to direct 90 percent of that money to pay for the federal tax on the first $35,000 of every American’s income. Even after this astounding reduction in federal income tax, 16 billion dollars in savings would be left over.
13 Democrats and 3 Republicans have cosponsored Kucinich’s privileged resolution, designed to force a debate about the ongoing authorization of the war in Afghanistan.
Heath Shuler was was charging admission to that BBQ, and a very high price of admission at that: $1,000 for a plate of BBQ.
On April 1st, Grayson’s bill passed the House of Representatives on a vote of 247 to 171. Then, it went to the Senate… and it has been sitting there on the calendar ever since.
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