Here comes the next assault

[housewolf]

It's not enought they at they are trying to dismantle Social Security, they have another flank to attack at the same time... Medicaid.

Oh... and another one... Civil Service

Oh.... and Welfare

This is serious war, folks...


LIBERAL ACTIVISTS GEAR UP FOR BATTLE OVER MEDICAID

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, R-N.Y., today sought to rally liberal
activists to fight anticipated Bush administration proposals to transform
Medicaid and reduce the growth in federal spending on the joint
state-federal health program for the poor. "We have an emergency," she
told a Families USA conference. "We are about to experience one of the
most aggressive assaults on the public health structure in our history."
Clinton said Republicans will press Medicaid proposals that "threaten to
destroy the health safety net" for the poorest Americans. Anticipated
administration proposals to cap federal funds -- and possibly to turn to
block grants instead of an entitlement approach -- would shift costs to
states and to individuals, she said. Such proposals would harm the
"poorest of the poor" and the "sickest of the sick," Clinton said.

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Federal employee union leaders reacted with anger Thursday to news that the Bush administration will begin a governmentwide push to dismantle current civil service rules.

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0105/012705sz1.htm




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SANTORUM SEES SPEEDY SENATE PASSAGE OF WELFARE REAUTHORIZATION

Rick Santorum, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate GOP Conference, today
expressed optimism that a strengthened Republican majority will help
assure action this year on a rewrite of the 1996 welfare law that stalled
for three consecutive years. "I am fairly optimistic that we can get
something through and move it over to the House," said Santorum, a Finance
Committee member. He spoke at a conference on initiatives to promote
responsible fatherhood. A major battle in the reauthorization debate will
be over how much additional child care money to provide states beyond the
$4.8 billion they annually receive. Last year, the House provided $1
billion in new child care money over the next five years, while the Senate
adopted an amendment to its bill that would have provided an additional $6
billion. Santorum said that while the fight over child care funding
garners the most attention, promoting responsible fatherhood would have a
more immediate impact upon the lives of poor children.

[ZombieNixon]

1. Uhh...isn't Hillary a D?

Thought she was, the whole Clinton thing and all...