The top two Republicans in Congress caught in an outright lie.
A Republican staffer has named Frist and Hastert as the two lawmakers that added the vaccine makers liability protection to the defense bill- after the committee had met several times that day, and Dems even asked Alaska Senator Ted Stevens if the language was in the bill, and he told them no.
After the conference committee broke up, a meeting was called in Hastert’s office, [Rep staffer Keith] Kennedy said. Also at the meeting, according to a congressional staffer, were Frist, Stevens and House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
About 10 or 10:30 p.m., Democratic staff members were handed the language and told it was now in the bill, Obey said.
He took to the House floor in a rage. He called Frist and Hastert “a couple of musclemen in Congress who think they have a right to tell everybody else that they have to do their bidding.”
Frist and Stevens deny this charge saying the language was in the bill when the conferees voted on it- but if that’s so, why did Stevens tell Obey no? It appears there are several witnesses to the Leaders meeting… this is the top two Republicans in Congress caught in an outright lie, blatantly adding in crap that wouldn’t pass on it’s own.
Frist has received $271,523 in campaign donations from the pharmaceutical and health products industry since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a watchdog group.
Remember how Frist slipped this exact same lawsuit protection into the Patriot Act. At that time it was a big scandal, he didn’t even change the font- but literally copied and pasted this tiny item at the end of 450 pages of legal mumbo-jumbo. Now they have the gall to do it again… because they know the Democrats won’t do anything about it. A few will make noise, but that’s about it…
Why are the pharmaceuticals so concerned about this lawsuit protection anyway?
When the hell will people wake up to this dog and pony show of Reps and Dems screwing us all over?
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March 5th, 2006 at 7:23 am
When the critters in George Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM finally determined that the pigs were really screwing them in violation of their agreement, they took action!
What the hell are we waiting for?
The Bill of Rights tells us we have the Right and the Duty to throw out the scoundrels who trash our Constitution!
This is the same as treason and sedition.
Need proof?
http://johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com/id120.html
The documents don’t lie!
April 15th, 2006 at 6:30 am
What are the current members of Congress doing about the mass murder of 9.11 and the resulting war crimes by the current administration? What would YOU do if you were in Congress?
http://johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com/id686.html
September 5th, 2006 at 7:01 am
It is becoming clearer that no only the Bush and neocon leadership should be impeached but perhaps most of Congress and the Senate for not taking their oath of office seriously with resultant incompetencies, at least, if not intentional malfeasance. The American and British people have been intentionally kept ignorant of the realities in the wider world, resulting in ignorant voting practices. This would not as likely been the reality if we truly had a healthy Fourth Estate which could and would tell Truth to power. Now, it is rare to see more than corporate self interest.