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WASHINGTON — The Senate easily passed an almost $60 billion war funding bill Thursday, but anxiety over out-of-control budget deficits led House leaders to drop tens of billions of dollars in spending from a separate catchall bill anchored by an extension of jobless benefits.
Confronted with a rebellion by Democratic moderates, House leaders planned to dump overboard $24 billion in aid to states and allow generous health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers to expire.
These are the priorities of OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS.
"Democrats are still committed to their out-of-control spending spree," Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, said Thursday.
And the $60 billion more for a incoherent, murderous war where NO ONE, not even you, knows why the fuck we're even there is not out-of control spending?
"It is already a deep-seated fear in Afghanistan that the United States will abandon the region," Mr. Levin said.
Well, Senator Levin, what about the deep-seated fears of our millions of unemployed? Hmmmmmm???
Senator Levin (in other words): Why, they can go fuck themselves. But thank you for asking. How can we take care of the deep-seated fears of our citizens when the Afghans have deep-seated fears at the same time?
Go figure.