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THE OTHER AGENDA:
Democrats charge that the Republican Congress has accomplished nothing,
or only given handouts to the wealthy. So the Republican Study Group, a
conservative caucus, compiled a list of legislation that Democrats
introduced during the 109th Congress.
The list (at www.house.gov/pence/rsc) includes items like the "Social
Security Forever Act," which would impose a new income tax, in addition
to FICA, on workers and employers.
Democrats also sponsored the proposed "Justice for the Unprotected
Against Sexually Transmitted Infections Among the Confined and Exposed
Act," a "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act," the "Antibullying
Campaign Act," the "Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act" and legislation to
make Medicare and Medicaid cover "incontinence undergarments."
Also on Democrats' agendas: bills to establish a National Archives
collection of government records concerning rapper Tupac Shakur and a
new U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence. It's all conceivable. In
fact, an energetic Democratic Congress might accomplish all of those
things, and much more. W$J
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