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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: White House Threatens Veto of House Farm Bill Over Cuts to Food Stamp Program [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)16. OK, so who can offer a link to a petition? I haven't checked my email yet today, and if I find one
I'll hurry back here with it. But just in case the cupboard's bare, anyone feel free to beat me to it.
Word direct from the agencies involved suggests there may be no electric bill help for the poor this summer, perhaps no heating help next winter either, or at least severely delayed and restricted. Maybe when we start finding starving people frozen to death in their homes or by the bunches under bridges and woodland Hoovervilles, maybe then people will rise up and make their voices heard.
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Breaking: White House Threatens Veto of House Farm Bill Over Cuts to Food Stamp Program [View all]
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
OP
Maybe because they haven't passed any legislation? Also, with a split between majorities in the two
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#31
OK, so who can offer a link to a petition? I haven't checked my email yet today, and if I find one
IrishAyes
Jun 2013
#16
I know he's got a political reason for announcing the veto before the bill is passed, but i'd love
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#32
Vetoing ag subsidies might help with immigration issues more than passing an immigration bill does!
cascadiance
Jun 2013
#34
So, why didn't Obama speak up when the Senate, including most Democrats, voted
forestpath
Jun 2013
#56