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Schedule for Monday, July 27, 2015

The Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, July 27, 2015.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.22, the legislative vehicle for the Highway bill. All time during adjournment of the Senate will count post-cloture on the Kirk amendment #2327 (Ex-Im reauthorization). If no agreement is reached, all post-cloture time on the Kirk amendment #2327 will expire at approximately 10:00pm Monday night.

Pending Amendments to H.R.22, the legislative vehicle for the Highway bill

McConnell amendment #2266, as modified (highway substitute)

McConnell for Kirk first degree amendment # 2327 (Ex-Im reauthorization)

McConnell first degree amendment to underlying bill #2329 (2 month surface transportation extension)

McConnell second degree amendment #2330 to SA #2329 (date change)

WRAP UP

Roll Call Votes

  1. McConnell motion to instruct the Sergeant At Arms to request the presence of absent senators; agreed to: 79-14.
  2. Adoption of McConnell for Kirk-Cantwell-Heitkamp amendment #2327 (Ex-Im reauthorization); adopted: 64-29.
  3. Motion to invoke cloture on McConnell amendment #2266, as modified (highway/transportation substitute); invoked: 62-32.

Legislative Business

Passed H.R.876, NOTICE Act.

Adopted S.Res.231, honoring the memory and legacy of the two Louisiana citizens who lost their lives, recognizing the heroism of first responders and those on the scene, and condemning the attack of July 23, 2015, in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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Last Floor Action:
12:18:40 P.M. – The Speaker announced that the House do now recess.

The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. today.

12:00:51 P.M. The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
12:01:10 P.M. The Speaker designated the Honorable Carlos Curbelo to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
12:02:04 P.M. MORNING-HOUR DEBATE – The House proceeded with Morning-Hour Debate. At the conclusion of Morning-Hour, the House will recess until 2:00 p.m. for the start of legislative business.
12:18:40 P.M. The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. today.
2:00:16 P.M. The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of July 27.
2:00:20 P.M. Today’s prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Patrick J. Conroy.
2:01:40 P.M. The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
2:01:43 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Kildee to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
2:02:08 P.M. ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches.
2:02:09 P.M. The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on July 24, 2015 at 10:19 a.m.: That the Senate passed H.R. 23 with an amendment, H.R. 2499 with an amendment and H.R. 1626.
2:12:57 P.M. The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 3:00 P.M. today.
3:00:40 P.M. The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of July 27.
3:00:44 P.M. The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.
3:00:50 P.M. H.R. 1138 Mrs. Radewagen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. H.R. 1138 — “To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho, and for other purposes.”
3:00:55 P.M. H.R. 1138 Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:00:55 P.M. H.R. 1138 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1138.
3:09:00 P.M. H.R. 1138 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
3:09:20 P.M. H.R. 1138 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3:09:31 P.M. H.R. 774 Mrs. Radewagen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 774 — “To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention, and for other purposes.”
3:09:43 P.M. H.R. 774 Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:09:45 P.M. H.R. 774 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 774.
3:18:11 P.M. H.R. 774 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
3:18:12 P.M. H.R. 774 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3:19:18 P.M. H.R. 1831 Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 1831 — “To establish the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, and for other purposes.”
3:19:30 P.M. H.R. 1831 Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:19:31 P.M. H.R. 1831 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1831.
3:29:11 P.M. H.R. 1831 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
3:29:12 P.M. H.R. 1831 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3:32:33 P.M. H.J. Res. 61 Mr. Ryan (WI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the resolution. H.J. Res. 61 — “Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”
3:32:44 P.M. H.J. Res. 61 Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:32:46 P.M. H.J. Res. 61 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.J. Res. 61.
3:43:44 P.M. H.J. Res. 61 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
3:43:45 P.M. H.J. Res. 61 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3:45:35 P.M. S. 1482 Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. S. 1482 — “To improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based educational aid.”
3:45:49 P.M. S. 1482 Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:45:50 P.M. S. 1482 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1482.
3:54:58 P.M. S. 1482 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
3:55:37 P.M. H.R. 1656 Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 1656 — “To provide for additional resources for the Secret Service, and to improve protections for restricted areas.”
3:55:55 P.M. H.R. 1656 Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:55:59 P.M. H.R. 1656 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1656.
4:10:11 P.M. H.R. 1656 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
4:11:09 P.M. H.R. 1634 Ms. McSally moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 1634 — “To strengthen accountability for deployment of border security technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.”
4:11:32 P.M. H.R. 1634 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:11:35 P.M. H.R. 1634 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1634.
4:18:38 P.M. H.R. 1634 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4:18:40 P.M. H.R. 1634 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4:19:33 P.M. H.R. 998 Mrs. Miller (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 998 — “To establish the conditions under which the Secretary of Homeland Security may establish preclearance facilities, conduct preclearance operations, and provide customs services outside the United States, and for other purposes.”
4:19:42 P.M. H.R. 998 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:19:58 P.M. H.R. 998 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 998.
4:26:30 P.M. H.R. 998 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4:26:32 P.M. H.R. 998 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4:27:09 P.M. H.R. 2750 Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 2750 — “To reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, streamline transportation security regulations, and for other purposes.”
4:27:31 P.M. H.R. 2750 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:27:37 P.M. H.R. 2750 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2750.
4:35:52 P.M. H.R. 2750 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4:35:53 P.M. H.R. 2750 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4:36:05 P.M. H.R. 2770 Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 2770 — “To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain maintenance of security-related technology at airports, and for other purposes.”
4:36:36 P.M. H.R. 2770 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:36:37 P.M. H.R. 2770 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2770.
4:41:26 P.M. H.R. 2770 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
4:42:02 P.M. H.R. 2843 Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 2843 — “To require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening program, and for other purposes.”
4:42:04 P.M. H.R. 2843 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:42:05 P.M. H.R. 2843 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2843.
4:49:02 P.M. H.R. 2843 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4:49:03 P.M. H.R. 2843 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4:49:31 P.M. H.R. 2127 Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 2127 — “To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to limit access to expedited airport security screening at an airport security checkpoint to participants of the PreCheck program and other known low-risk passengers, and for other purposes.”
4:49:43 P.M. H.R. 2127 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:49:44 P.M. H.R. 2127 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2127.
4:55:13 P.M. H.R. 2127 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4:55:17 P.M. H.R. 2127 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4:56:00 P.M. H.R. 1300 Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 1300 — “To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, and for other purposes.”
4:56:01 P.M. H.R. 1300 Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:56:02 P.M. H.R. 1300 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1300.
5:06:54 P.M. H.R. 1300 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
5:07:11 P.M. H.R. 2206 Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 2206 — “To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require recipients of State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to preserve and strengthen interoperable emergency communications capabilities, and for other purposes.”
5:07:24 P.M. H.R. 2206 Considered under suspension of the rules.
5:07:25 P.M. H.R. 2206 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2206.
5:14:32 P.M. H.R. 2206 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
5:14:34 P.M. H.R. 2206 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5:15:05 P.M. H.R. 2499 Mr. Chabot moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.
5:15:54 P.M. H.R. 2499 DEBATE – The House proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2499.
5:35:22 P.M. H.R. 2499 On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
5:35:23 P.M. H.R. 2499 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5:36:58 P.M. The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for approximately 6:30 p.m. today.
6:30:21 P.M. The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of July 27.
6:30:25 P.M. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
6:31:49 P.M. S. 1482 Considered as unfinished business. S. 1482 — “To improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based educational aid.”
6:58:31 P.M. S. 1482 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 – 0 (Roll no. 467).
6:58:31 P.M. S. 1482 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7:00:04 P.M. MOMENT OF SILENCE – The House observed a moment of silence in honor of the victims of last week’s shooting in Lafayette, Lousiana.
7:02:08 P.M. H.R. 1656 Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 1656 — “To provide for additional resources for the Secret Service, and to improve protections for restricted areas.”
7:09:54 P.M. H.R. 1656 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 365 – 16 (Roll no. 468).
7:09:54 P.M. H.R. 1656 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7:10:12 P.M. H.R. 2770 Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 2770 — “To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain maintenance of security-related technology at airports, and for other purposes.”
7:16:36 P.M. H.R. 2770 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 380 – 0 (Roll no. 469).
7:16:36 P.M. H.R. 2770 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7:16:59 P.M. Mr. Collins (GA) filed a report from the Committee on Rules on H. Res. 380.
7:18:02 P.M. H. Con. Res. 64 Mr. Harper asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
7:18:02 P.M. H. Con. Res. 64 Considered by unanimous consent. H. Con. Res. 64 — “Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Monuments Men.”
7:18:21 P.M. H. Con. Res. 64 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
7:18:22 P.M. H. Con. Res. 64 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7:20:04 P.M. The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.
7:20:13 P.M. H.R. 675 Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 675 — “To increase, effective as of December 1, 2015, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.”
7:20:33 P.M. H.R. 675 Considered under suspension of the rules.
7:20:35 P.M. H.R. 675 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 675.
7:37:30 P.M. H.R. 675 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
7:38:24 P.M. H.R. 1607 Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 1607 — “To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.”
7:38:41 P.M. H.R. 1607 Considered under suspension of the rules.
7:38:44 P.M. H.R. 1607 DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1607.
7:51:04 P.M. H.R. 1607 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
7:51:06 P.M. H.R. 1607 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7:51:22 P.M. The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed H.R. 876.
7:51:47 P.M. ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
8:00:08 P.M. Mr. LaMalfa moved that the House do now adjourn.
8:00:31 P.M. On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
8:00:32 P.M. The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 28, 2015.

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Pursuing transformative technology with the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities ~ a repost


GOOGLeWhen Laura Palmaro was 10 years old, she woke one morning to find that the central vision in her left eye had all but disappeared. She was not ill and had no genetic issues—it was completely out of the blue. When she was 14, the same rare condition struck her right eye, and she began her freshman year of high school legally blind. Suddenly she was forced to depend on other people to read everything aloud, from school assignments to menus. The toughest part, according to Laura, was losing her sense of independence—and not knowing when or how she would get it back.

Laura has since adopted technological solutions to her vision challenges, using a combination of screen-readers and magnification software to read, work and more. Now a program manager at Google, she is following her passion, helping Chrome and Chrome OS teams make their products more accessible. “Technology has truly transformed my life,” she says. “Assistive technology can tear down boundaries, and empower people to find their independence and fulfill their dreams.”

We agree with Laura about the power of technology to change lives. And in order to support more people like her—people who see obstacles as opportunities—we’re launching the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities. We’re putting $20 million in Google.org grants behind nonprofits using emerging technologies to increase independence for people living with disabilities, and today we’re issuing an open call to identify new areas of opportunity at g.co/ImpactChallengeDisability.

We’re kicking things off with support for two remarkable organizations. Each of these organizations is using technology to dramatically reduce the cost of and access to prosthetic limbs and auditory therapy, respectively—which could be transformative for hundreds of millions of people.

  • The Enable community connects people who want prosthetics with volunteers who use 3D printers to design, print, assemble, and fit them, for free. This dramatically cuts costs, increases speed of distribution, and meets unmet needs. We’ll support the Enable Community Foundation’s efforts with a $600,000 grant to advance the design, distribution and delivery of open-source 3D-printed upper-limb prosthetics.
  • Diagnosing auditory challenges can be a struggle in low income communities—the equipment is expensive, bulky and unrealistic, particularly in the developing world. With our support, and a $500,000 grant, World Wide Hearing will develop, prototype and test an extremely low cost tool kit for hearing loss using smartphone technology that’s widely available—and affordable—in the developing world.

The Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities will seek out nonprofits and help them find new solutions to some serious “what ifs” for the disabled community. We will choose the best of these ideas and help them to scale by investing in their vision, by rallying our people and by mobilizing our resources in support of their missions.

But of course, we realize there’s always room to improve our products as well. We have a team committed to monitoring the accessibility of Google tools; and we provide engineering teams with training to incorporate accessibility principles into products and services. That doesn’t just mean improving existing Google tools, it means developing new ones as well. For example, Liftware is a stabilizing utensil designed to help people with hand tremors eat more easily, and self-driving cars could one day transform mobility for everyone.

Historically, people living with disabilities have relied on technologies that were often bulky, expensive, and limited to assisting with one or two specific tasks. But that’s beginning to change. Thanks to groups like Enable and World Wide Hearing, and with tools like Liftware, we’re starting to see the potential for technologies that can profoundly and affordably impact millions. But we’ll all get there sooner if we make it a team effort—which is why we’re launching Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities today. Together, we can create a better world, faster.

Posted by Jacquelline Fuller, Director, Google.org

Washington transit system: Our roads got a grade of D , light rail reduced and now our bridges


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Dear Washingtonians

Below is a snippet of an article and petition you should sign from the Washington Chapter of the Sierra Club. I put it in a separate post.

Senator Curtis King, Co-Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, is promoting a new transportation funding proposal that will set us back
decades. This new budget proposal fails to fund over $900 million worth of projects that are necessary to operate our transit system, provide
street improvements for bikes and pedestrians, and address polluted water runoff associated with roads.

Our bridges are literally crumbling around us. Workers can’t get to jobs because their bus service has been cut. The new road “mega-projects”
being considered in the transportation funding proposal would dramatically increase climate changing pollution and increase sprawl.
The Senate transportation funding proposal is simply unacceptable.

The reason I attached it to my old write up from 2012 is because Washingtonians need to ask … what did our savings of $2 million with the elimination of the “Free Zone” do for our transportation when our bus services are still being cut !!!

TO: Seattle City Council

I wrote about The “ride free zone” ending way before the September 29th deadline hoping they would rescind the order to end it. Today, the local media showed and interviewed the people who have suffered from the new change and not in a good way. The thing that struck me most aside from the obvious was the comment about “a one time set-aside for bus tickets,” of $250,000 in emergency money for homeless people to ride Metro.

Below is a video and article that is heartbreaking

Homeless hopes public helps with discounted Metro bus tickets … click on the link below for the video and article !

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/Homeless-council-member-ask-for–174292691.html

It was a nice surprise to hear that people are still protesting the elimination of the “Ride Free Zone”  giving full exposure to the real reasons why the Seattle King Council voted to eliminate the “Ride Free Zone.”  Yes, we all know about that 2million dollar savings but the mission to make the downtown and the transit look and smell beautiful by leaving the homeless, disabled and those needing services out in the cold, which btw are all located on or near the “Ride Free Zone.”

In 2011, king county hit its residents with a two-year vehicle license fee that was supposed to help keep metro alive. Now, Metro Bus Riders find out that a deal done with Republicans will eliminate the “Ride Free Zone,” a Merchant straight away and beautiful feature of the City of Seattle – free for over 35 years.

The facts are; that more than 10 million boarding’s are logged each year inside the Ride Free Area; another 9,000 rides are taken each day without fare. There are reports that without the compromise reductions in Metro would have affected 80% of all bus riders including the poor. Unfortunately, balancing budgets off the backs of the middle and poor has been a Republican mission since 2010. It is with great sadness to think and or believe all that King County Officials seemed to have forgotten or sacrificed for that 2 million “Ride Free Zone” cost savings per year. This includes tourists, people commuting home from across the water, downtown workers accustomed to hopping on the bus to grab a quick bite, or get some dry cleaning, pop into a store all within an hour and low-income folks who, if you ride in the zone now; know they use it to get around daily.

King County Officials say the “Ride Free Zone” will end after Sept. 29; tell them that making deals with Republicans to phase out an urban mainstay for so many, is bad for Seattle.

If, this new mega-projects monstrosity is real yet will create an environment for more pollution and increase sprawl …

We must say NO

challenge who was in charge of spending

demand accountability

                          

Outsourcing … the new American way? or retaliation and betrayal


just another rant …

Outsourcing, you know; when the company’s bottom line is to get products made in large quantities but on the cheap? Therefore, they send thousands of jobs overseas where cost per employee is so low you cannot refuse in spite of the millions of unemployedAmericans

I have to say when there is a choice between getting cheap material, retaliating against President Obama, cheap labour or that word so many folks on TV involved in the market say “uncertainty”. We all have to compare and contrast what they want opposed to participating in helping America be number one again and the handwriting is clear … Profit before People and Country is the choice of those sitting on the sidelines of “uncertainty” have decided to take.

Unless you are living under a rock, you know or have heard that big Corporations are still sitting on trillions of dollars hate regulation, the rules, fair trade now seem to be fighting the government and the need to help their fellow Americans. The various companies who feel they have no choice as the “uncertainty” of it puts them at risk are leaving Americans jobless. Yes, they have every right to do so but in a time when your fellow American is jobless, your country is still in a recession what could be better for all parts of our financial system to come together and agree to fix the various strands causing our economy to deteriorate instead of participating in retaliation. It’s my contention that those sitting on all that money might be waiting for the 2012 elections and contrary to what Harold Ford suggested – soften regulations and stop criticizing , we have to make sure that the new regulations stay in place otherwise we will always have the uncertainty of systematic financial collapse. It is time for Wall Street, banksters and big Corporations to take part in the healing of America and stop playing the waiting game because given our choices Americans with any common sense will not dare vote for anyone else but Barak Obama in 2012.

In May of 2009 there was a rumor that GM was planning to outsource more American jobs to Russia instead of being a part of our financial solution by providing Americans with jobs, Bill Gates has outsourced to other companies as well as other well-known celebrities and who have started companies overseas in order to get materials on the cheap. Fortunately, President Obama did not allow GM and most of the auto industry to collapse though many politicians even Detroit politicians and current candidates for President felt they should meet their makers and go into bankruptcy which makes you wonder how American is that and what does that tell about their Presidential attributes. I could not vote for a person who would turn their back on a company so apart of what being an American is all about and in the end President Obama saved over millions jobs. While Teapublicans and some conservadems in Congress filibuster common sense efforts to get America back on track, meaning JOBs bills that will help everyone not just adding government jobs or an infrastructure Bank is something that will be available for the Private Sector and Public Service. This is good for everyone but Teapublicans on both the State and Federal level have one thing on their agenda and that is pulling down our beloved America to the edge of disaster in order to take down President Obama … ask yourself how American is that? Teapublicans seem to be out of touch and clearly have a narrow view of how they would govern. Teapublicans are clearly unqualified to govern and if you need evidence do some research on how well Speaker Boehner, Cantor McConnell are really doing and it ain’t for We the People.

Outrage cannot begin to describe how this should make Americans feel and is this what Americans have to look forward to from other so-called American companies more Wall Street and Bank retaliation disguised as an “uncertainty” in tax laws and other policies that will limit their ability to “beat” the system.(my take). We all know these companies were bailed out by Americans who then turned on us by deciding to sit on or use the money to go on trips, hold seminars and give huge bonus’ to their employees without real merit involved.  We all know that the money we Americans gave the Banks should have been reinvested in America by providing small or huge business loans. So, what happened and what is wrong with playing by the rules, regulations, policies that are transparent, provide full disclosure, and might deter folks from betting against Americans to get theirs. If you listen to the rumors, Eric Cantor seems to feel betting against fellow Americans might be lucrative and unfortunately, this seems atypical of the Teapublican Party.

The practice of sitting on money, in our case trillions of dollars or offshoring jobs is unacceptable and if outsourcing continues unemployment will remain a problem.

 

 

 

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