Here are some examples of the bills nuked by the GOP majority so far this year:
* S.Amdt. 2716, proposed by Senator Clinton (D-NY), which would have established a Congressional commission to examine the dismal Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina. It was defeated 44-53, with not one Republican voting in favor of forming the investigative commission.
* Senator Akaka (D-HI) sponsored S.Amdt. 3007, which was intended to increase Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in 2007. But it was to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes, which doomed it to a 46-54 defeat, with only Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) crossing the aisle to vote for the measure.
* S.Amdt. 3056, authored by Senator Stabenow (D-MI), was to provide $5 billion for interoperable communications equipment for emergency first responders so that they could effectively communicate with one another during natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other public safety situations. It went down by a 43-55 vote because, like Akaka’s bill for Veterans, it would have been funded via closing corporate tax loopholes.
Of course, there is more.
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