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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Originally posted by FlyersFan
This is not 'emergency' legislation.
Yes, it is.
To reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."
Originally posted by aravoth
reply to post by amazed
You and Benevolent heretic can't read. Your overlords and you dear "leader" said it would be up 48 hours ago. So everyone could read it. Start reading....see if you can get through all 1000 pages before the vote.
Originally posted by Irish M1ck
he has said he thinks this is an emergency.
500,000 other people who lost their job this month may not.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
This is NOT emergency legislation.
But when the fact of the matter is that a majority of the $$$ won't be spent until after the first two years ... then this is NOT an emergency.
3 SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.
4 (a) IN GENERAL.-Each amount in this Act is des-
5 ignated as an emergency requirement and necessary to
6 meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S.
7 Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of
8 S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
9 tions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.