Fucknut Congress postpones cuts to Medicaid program

[gatorboy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050908/hl_nm/us_congress_postpones_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, lawmakers in Washington have shelved -- at least temporarily -- plans to reduce spending on the massive Medicaid health program for the poor.
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The cuts of $10 billion were to be part of broader budget deficit-reduction legislation due September 16. But U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert told reporters that lawmakers' first priority is dealing with the immediate aftermath of the monster storm that has displaced hundreds of thousands of Americans in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

As a result, he said, "there has to be some type of delay" in drafting the budget legislation.
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Translation: We'll cut the shit out of this just as soon as people stop belly aching over and forget about, the fucking Katrina poor people.
(And could you get a move on? We gotta put Lott's house back together!)