Friday, April 22, 2011
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) - Bull Goose Asshole of the Week
Everyone knows that Congresscritters are always tacking on shitty little amendments to important bills to get them passed when most people won't touch them. Our winner this week gets the award for tacking on to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation a truly meaningless, demeaning and shitty little amendment.
Medical providers will soon inform 9/11 first responders about a provision in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation law that requires them to be run through the FBI's terrorism watch list before they can receive health care benefits.Because no good Republican will ever pass up a chance to demean or diminish the working man.
According to a letter obtained by Michael McAuliff of the Huffington Post, Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is instructing health care providers to tell their patients about the provision before they can begin to receive benefits in July.
The provision was tacked on by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) during the contentious fight over the bill in December, which was blocked by Republicans at the time. Stearns' amendment adds a paragraph stipulating the "disqualification of individuals on the terrorist watch list," and requiring each potential beneficiary to be run through the list.
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Stearns is a DICK for putting that amendment forward about 9/11 first responders needing to be verified against terrorist watch list! Here's an idea, how about you check those Libyan rebels against the watch list before you guys go arming them or supporting them calling them your "heros" (McCain). How about that?? Instead you want to check people who are DYING from cancer or whatever?
Yeah, that's plausible, they sneak down there and sift through the rubble helping, breathe all that toxic crap and get sick, and before they get assistance, they have to be checked out. You all have given BILLIONS of dollars to bail people/companies out without checking ONE SINGLE PERSON first! Why now?
Wow, what a bunch of dumb-asses in Washington!!! And Waxman is too for agreeing with it! You all should be thrown out of office!
Yeah, that's plausible, they sneak down there and sift through the rubble helping, breathe all that toxic crap and get sick, and before they get assistance, they have to be checked out. You all have given BILLIONS of dollars to bail people/companies out without checking ONE SINGLE PERSON first! Why now?
Wow, what a bunch of dumb-asses in Washington!!! And Waxman is too for agreeing with it! You all should be thrown out of office!
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In which the important bills to get them passed when most people won't touch them.The Health And Compensation law that requires them to be run through the FBI's terrorism watch list before they can receive health care benefits. Thanks a lot for posting this article.
Nice post which during the contentious fight over the bill in December, which was blocked by Republicans at the time. Stearns' amendment adds a paragraph stipulating the disqualification of individuals on the terrorist watch list, and requiring each potential beneficiary to be run through the list. Thanks a lot for posting this article.
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