certainly not congress
A bill to provide medical coverage to 911 workers was voted down. To pay for the bill they were going to close a tax loophole that allows companies incorporated in tax havens to avoid paying tax on income earned in the states. This was the major point of opposition.
The other problem seems to be that the dems didn't want to deal with amendments because of some bullsh*t election year stuff, and so made it a 2/3 majority vote which didn't pass. Apparently the amendment was going to be that any 911 workers who were here illegally wouldn't get help, as they were clearly slacking off and stealing from real Americans. I don't know how this works, but couldn't they have just voted down the amendment?
Pretty poor play on every side of the isle, although it was amusing watching the video of Anthony Weiner losing it.
Apparently grammar is not my strong point this morning.
Edited, Aug 5th 2010 10:26am by Xsarus