Orrin, may you rest in peace.
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Although fiercely conservative, Hatch was also practical, often working w/ Ted Kennedy.
“Their best-known collaboration was the 1997 legislation creating the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provided states with matching grants to cover uninsured children in working-poor families. The program, the largest expansion of taxpayer-funded health insurance for children since the creation of Medicaid in 1965, was instrumental in cutting the percentage of uninsured children by more than half.
The two senators also collaborated on the 1990 Ryan White act, which funded care for uninsured and underinsured patients with HIV/AIDS. And Mr. Hatch worked closely with Kennedy and Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, the chief sponsor, to pass the landmark 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act prohibiting discrimination against — and requiring accommodations for — people with disabilities.
One factor in Mr. Hatch’s transition from ideologue to pragmatist was the 1980 election, which shifted Senate control to the GOP and gave him the chairmanship of the Labor and Human Resources Committee — and with it responsibility for health-related legislation. He partnered with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House health subcommittee, to accelerate the approval process for lower-cost generic drugs. The 1984 law, known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, is credited with significantly increasing consumers’ access to generics.”
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I'm afraid those types of legislators and that level of cooperation have gone.
(no message)"It’s always a wonder how you all are experts in everything." jimbasil 6/26/2022-
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There are still many Senators who are willing to work together on both sides.
When considering donating money to an incumbent candidate, we should always ask that candidate to identify three bills that they have co-sponsored with a counterpart from the other party.
The American Dream belongs to all of us. — Kamala Harris
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Beats "avid groomer and abuser of kindergartners"
That'll adorn a few headstones before long.
"It’s always a wonder how you all are experts in everything." jimbasil 6/26/2022-
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Chris94 supports grooming every day.
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We shall see where your culture war goes.
(no message)Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/23/republicans-lgbt/
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We'll see where Ukraine's war goes as well.
Interesting that you think grooming children has something to do with LGB stuff. I thought going after children was a different issue.
Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
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MTG is a monumental mason? Who knew?
jimbasil 55073 posts(no message)Jack, he is a banker
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Oh Jim. You wacky guy.
(no message)"It’s always a wonder how you all are experts in everything." jimbasil 6/26/2022
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No he wouldn’t.
He might have agreed with the term “conservative causes”.
“Right wing” is a little dog whistle for you and your fellow travelers.
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So he would have gone with, left wing conservative?
jimbasil 55073 postsBecause he certainly wasn't a "moderate" and I don't think he saw himself as one either.
Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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He had a good sense of humor.
His smiling face waving bye-bye to enraged feminists as the elevator door closed during the Kavanaugh hearings was priceless. That was yet another occasion when conor's vagina hat fell off his head.
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