How Much Of The News Is The Truth?
| How Much Of The News Is The Truth? The Republican Party frequently is supposed to be a pro-business party, but what’s most notable about recently introduced pro-business legislation is the total lack of Republican support for it. H.R. 1912 (introduced by David Cicilline in the House) and its counterpart S. 1457 (introduced by Kirsten Gillibrand in the Senate), would shuffle money not to grandmothers, not to the poor, but to American businesses. That sounds like just the sort of thing that would warm the cockles of a Republican’s heart, but there are no Republican sponsors or cosponsors of this legislation. The 36 supporters of the legislation are all Democrats. What makes this pro-business legislation repugnant to Republicans? We can begin by considering the aspects of the bill that make it different. It does not shuffle money to corporations that create jobs in overseas sweatshop havens where workers have no rights, no protection from poisons and scanty pay: it rewards businesses that invest in America by building manufacturing plants in America where worker rights are still protected. And it does not divert money to gigantic corporations: it supports small and medium-sized manufacturers. These differences have apparently driven Republicans away from the pro-business bill. The following are the members of Congress who support the Make It In America Act: Senate supporters of the Make It In America Act Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat-NY) — principal sponsor Sen. Chris Coons (Democrat-DE) Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Democrat-MI) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat-RI) House supporters of the Make It In America Act Rep. David Cicilline (Democrat-RI, District 1) — principal sponsor Rep. Russ Carnahan (Democrat-MO, District 3) Rep. Hansen Clarke (Democrat-MI, District 13) Rep. Steve Cohen (Democrat-TN, District 9) Rep. John Conyers (Democrat-MI, District 14) Rep. Mark Critz (Democrat-PA, District 12) Rep. John Dingell (Democrat-MI, District 15) Rep. Bob Filner (Democrat-CA, District 51) Rep. Marcia Fudge (Democrat-OH, District 11) Rep. John Garamendi (Democrat-CA, District 10) Rep. Raul Grijalva (Democrat-AZ, District 7) Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (Democrat-HI, District 1) Rep. Maurice Hinchey (Democrat-NY, District 22) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat-TX, District 18) Rep. Jesse Jackson (Democrat-IL, District 2) Rep. William Keating (Democrat-MA, District 10) Rep. Dale Kildee (Democrat-MI, District 5) Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Democrat-OH, District 10) Rep. James Langevin (Democrat-RI, District 2) Rep. Daniel Lipinski (Democrat-IL, District 3) Rep. James McGovern (Democrat-MA, District 3) Rep. Christopher Murphy (Democrat-CT, District 5) Rep. Frank Pallone (Democrat-NJ, District 6) Rep. Donald Payne (Democrat-NJ, District 10) Rep. Gary Peters (Democrat-MI, District 9) Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (Democrat-PR, District 0) Rep. Terri Sewell (Democrat-AL, District 7) Rep. Albio Sires (Democrat-NJ, District 13) Rep. Paul Tonko (Democrat-NY, District 21) Rep. Frederica Wilson (Democrat-FL, District 17) NATO's Libya War: A Nuremberg Level Crime Bay Area Indymedia The Nuremberg Tribunal's Chief Justice Robert Jackson (a US Supreme Court Justice) called Naziwar crimes "the supreme international crime against peace." "The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, ... |
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