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Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Priorities...priorities....
This should tell you all you will ever need to know about Republicans:
House Republicans' $86.7 billion proposal for Iraq and Afghanistan includes money President Bush (search) wants for an Iraqi witness protection program but drops funds he sought for that country's traffic police and ZIP codes.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bill Young (search), R-Fla., unwrapped his version of the package Monday. He said he will probably fine-tune it when he tries pushing it through his panel Thursday but offered no details on how.
Regardless of whether he changes it, the House bill represents an attempt to defuse some of the political bombshells borne by the $87 billion version that Bush proposed a month ago. Lawmakers from both parties plan to discuss the wartime funding request with senior administration officials Tuesday at the White House
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From Bush's request for rebuilding Iraq, the House version drops $50 million for traffic police; $300 million out of $509 million Bush wants for prisons; and $153 million that included money to buy garbage trucks for $50,000 apiece.
Also dropped from Bush's request is $100 million for restoring Iraq's marshlands, systematically emptied and destroyed by deposed President Saddam Hussein's government to punish Shiite Muslims who live there; $13 million for ZIP and area codes; $100 million to build seven public housing communities; and $150 million to begin building a new children's hospital in Basra.
Still included from Bush's plan is $100 million for a witness protection program for Iraqis who provide information on Saddam and other missing members of his government. Also surviving is $900 million for petroleum products for Iraq, which has the world's second largest oil reserves, while the oil industry is rebuilt.
Housing? Childrens Hospital? Psssh. Let them drink oil....
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