John Kerry on Senate Defeat of LIHEAP Amendment

[Mass]

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/record.cfm?id=247059

10/05/2005
John Kerry on Senate Defeat of LIHEAP Amendment

Below is a statement by Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) on the Senate’s defeat of an amendment that would fully fund the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The amendment was defeated by a point of order that blocked an up-or-down vote tonight.

“It’s hard to believe that the Republican leadership would stand in the way of emergency funding to help millions of families and seniors heat their homes this winter. By blocking the LIHEAP amendment on procedural vote, the Republican leadership has sent a terrible message to Americans because tonight politics was placed ahead of helping families. It’s the wrong choices in Washington that have put us in this energy crisis, and now it’s politics as usual standing in the way of fixing this mess. American families deserve more from their leaders in Washington than this - this time they are very literally being left out in the cold. If we’ve learned anything from the past months it’s that we need to prepare for trouble ahead. With the defeat of this amendment, we remain unprepared for what may be a long, cold and expensive winter for millions of American families.”

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[TayTay]

They have to refile this.

And they have to scream bllody blue murder about it in every venue possible. This is critical legislation that will have an immediate impact on a lot of people this winter.

[TayTay]

1. Dup got me

Dup-a-polooza