Reply #18: Senate approves cuts (the evil Grinch Cheney cast tie breaker vote)

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Someone has to take this man on. Flyers should go out in all districts telling people that this evil man has cut services to the poor. How come no one is complaining?

Vice President Cheney took his seat as president of the Senate just past 10:30 a.m. to cast the tie-breaking vote on a hard-fought budget bill that would allow states to impose new fees on Medicaid recipients, cut federal child-support enforcement funds, impose new work requirements on state welfare programs and squeeze student lenders -- all for the purpose of slowing the growth of federal entitlement programs.

Senate Approves Cuts, but Not Drilling
Cheney Breaks Tie on Budget Measure; Democrats Block Arctic Oil Provision

By Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 22, 2005; Page A01:

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