now LIHEAP is on the Defense Bill?!??!

[LSK]

Low Income Heating Assistance Program

WHATS NOT IN THIS FUCKING BILL?!?!?!

[MrModerate]

1. Please explain. n/t

[LincolnMcGrath]

I think he meant LIHEAP

$ heating assistance $

[LSK]

3. Low Income Heating Assistance

[Lerkfish]

9. thanks for editing the OP, now I understand.

I think its clear widows, orphans, elderly, homeless, and peace activists are not getting a white house christmas card this year.

[melissinha]

18. you don't want no stinkin Christmas Card

They used the Thanksgiving vacation of Austin Postal Workers to hand address those envelopes..... yeah, it was a happy Thanksgiving for some very disgruntled postal workers who got no time off.

[Lerkfish]

7. yes, I'm not ACRONYM MAN! able to suss acronyms at a single bound.

[mattclearing]

8. LOL! n/t

[LSK]

10. what does ACRONYM stand for?

Editted text of post to explain LIHEAP.

:P

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. I nearly fell off my chair when I just heard this. It seems that they are

trying to hold the poorest (let alone our troops) hostage for that frigging pipeline!

[LSK]

4. they are holding the whole fucking country hostage for ANWR

Whats next? Stop social security payments?!??!

[IndyOp]

5. Link please!?!?

[LSK]

6. no link, Im watching the Senate debate on CSPAN2

[leftstreet]

11. What does Ted Stevens have on these people?

His bullshit ANWR promise from 2 dead senators, over 25 years ago, shouldn't have the power it seems to have with this bill.

[Moochy]

12. LIHEAP vs LIHOP vs. MIHOP?

:yoiks:

[IndyOp]

15. That is exactly where I was headed LIHOP and LEHOP --

:shrug:

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. This has become the GARBAGE HEAP BILL....

They are tossing in everything they possibly can to BLACKMAIL members to vote for the PIECE OF CRAP GARBAGE HEAP BILL. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON THE REPUKES! Dems need to call their fucking bluff!

[DakotaDemocrat]

14. So far, this is in the defense bill

Hurricane relief
ANWR
Border money

[AnnInLa]

16. AND, Direct Aid to Louisiana, Mississippi for Hurricane Relief

ensuring that those Senators vote Against cloture and For the bill. I am in Louisiana and know how much we need that money, but am NOT for including Anwar, Energy Assistance for the Poor and Hurricane Relief in the Defense bill.

[LSK]

17. yes, found that out yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5652456&mesg_id=5652456

[insane_cratic_gal]

19. They just cut heat to some of their voters

It's shame and I feel for those families even if we didn't agree.

I guess I'll never understand why lessons have to be so difficult. Those who suffer the most? Your families, their health and well being all because you couldn't turn off FOX and Limbaugh. If you had just done a little independent thinking you wouldn't be refused heat.

Soon we'll be a 3rd world country and back to the days of the Depression, before FDR.

It's just fucking sad is all I can say. Sad.