Word: democratic
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California Democrat Barbara Boxer has submitted a bill that addresses only the most basic needs of passengers. Adequate food, drinking water and restrooms must be available to people stuck waiting on planes, and they must have the option to disembark after sitting on the tarmac for three hours...
...Paying for Health Care.Nearly every Democrat spoke of his or her desire to institute a universal health care plan. Edwards, taking another swipe at Clinton, noted he would start instituting a plan on his first day in office. Clinton said only that all Americans would have universal health care by the end of her second term. Edwards added that anyone who didn't call for tax hikes to pay for such a program "might have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn." That prompted Richardson and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to adamantly dispute that. "I don't think...
...Ending the War.Virtually no Democrat thinks the others are doing enough to stop the war. Edwards said, "It is not enough to debate, give speeches and pass non-binding resolutions." Biden, the author of one of those non-binding resolutions opposing President Bush's troop surge in Iraq, said, "Don't talk about capping, do something." Clinton, Obama and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd have proposed capping the number of troops in Iraq. Biden now says that the key is passing a law that revokes the authority President Bush has to fight the war, allowing troops in Iraq to only perform...
...Indeed, Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has already indicated he will step up his bid on behalf of a bill that would restore detainees' legal rights. Such a bill, introduced by Leahy and then-Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., narrowly failed to pass last year...
...billion in the past six years from the United States in mostly military aid. An additional $1 billion came from donations from European nations which supported social programs and alternative development schemes to wean farmers off growing drug crops like coca. But support for that aid in the Democrat-dominated U.S. Congress is far from a done deal. Several U.S. lawmakers had already expressed reservations about the Bush administration's 2008 budget request for Colombia, which they had hoped would shift its focus to supporting social programs rather than continuing a militaristic approach. Instead, the Bush administration's request...