Republicans block child nutrition bill

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First lady Michelle Obama hugs White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford after she visited Christmas arts and crafts workstations, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.


WASHINGTON – House Republicans have temporarily blocked legislation to feed school meals to thousands more hungry children. Republicans used a procedural maneuver Wednesday to try to amend the $4.5 billion bill, which would give more needy children the opportunity to eat free lunches at school and make those lunches healthier. First lady Michelle Obama has lobbied for the bill as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity.

House Democrats said the GOP amendment, which would have required background checks for child care workers, was an effort to kill the bill and delayed a final vote on the legislation rather than vote on the amendment.

Because the nutrition bill is identical to legislation passed by the Senate in August, passage would send it to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. If the bill were amended, it would be sent back to the Senate with little time left in the legislative session.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_school_nutrition


"Get a job! Oh, wait, you're a child."

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1. Typical AP bullshit, putting that picture of Michelle up there

I cannot stand the AP and their garbage smears - "Michelle Obama hugs her chef" It makes me so mad.

Where the fuck is the picture of BOENHER and the Republicans who are doing this?

Or if you want a picture of Michelle show her working with kids. Not this "hugging her chef" crap.

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3. Who would they be hugging?

[emulatorloo]

4. Dick Cheney n/t

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2. So what is new?

And the people that voted for a Green in the midterm walk away with their honor and the dignity of their vote. Pray thee that the votes were not in a district where a democrat lost by a few hundred votes.

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5. Just when I think about doing that the GOP does something like this

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6. This is disgusting, simply disgusting

[bliss_eternal]

7. While a fetus, they are sacred...

...but once here, and in those nasty habits of breathing, growing and oh you know....eating, they could give a shit about them. :grr::mad:

Sad that some women falls for their,"...there's help for you and your child, if you carry to term" bullshit. They're insincere at best, liars using the fetus to make themselves look better at worst. It's bullying out of a desire to control women. Hasn't got a damn thing to do with "considering new life sacred."

If life was oh so sacred at birth, it would be during it's lifespan, and they'd damn sure want to see the children provided with proper nutrition.

:rant: