Comments on: Around The Sphere http://themoderatevoice.com/29928/around-the-sphere-16/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: William_Teach http://themoderatevoice.com/29928/around-the-sphere-16/comment-page-1/#comment-182234 William_Teach Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:32:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=29928#comment-182234 Thanks for the shoutout, Joe! Thanks for the shoutout, Joe!

]]> By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/29928/around-the-sphere-16/comment-page-1/#comment-182231 StockBoySF Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:58:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=29928#comment-182231 So if some people didn't believe in spending money for pandemic preparedness in a spending bill then what type of bill would the money go into? :)<br><br>I know I'm being a bit silly but really... what is the history after it was nixed? Did any Dems or Republicans put it in other bills or discuss when the pandemic preparedness money should be allocated in a bill?<br><br>The issue may now be "it doesn't belong in that bill" which may be valid, but was the idea just killed or tabled for some future date and if so, when? And who did the killing? <br><br>I mean any law is possible to propose, so what were the plans around re-introducing the pandemic preparedness?<br><br>I wonder if the pandemic preparedness was just nixed from the stimulus and left to die a slow death. So if some people didn't believe in spending money for pandemic preparedness in a spending bill then what type of bill would the money go into? :)

I know I'm being a bit silly but really… what is the history after it was nixed? Did any Dems or Republicans put it in other bills or discuss when the pandemic preparedness money should be allocated in a bill?

The issue may now be “it doesn't belong in that bill” which may be valid, but was the idea just killed or tabled for some future date and if so, when? And who did the killing?

I mean any law is possible to propose, so what were the plans around re-introducing the pandemic preparedness?

I wonder if the pandemic preparedness was just nixed from the stimulus and left to die a slow death.

]]> By: DaGoat http://themoderatevoice.com/29928/around-the-sphere-16/comment-page-1/#comment-182189 DaGoat Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:55:32 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=29928#comment-182189 <i>Pandemic Preparedness Was Axed Out Of Stimulus: The Nation says some GOPers said it was wasteful spending:</i><br><br>Thank God they were able to keep the earmarks. Pandemic Preparedness Was Axed Out Of Stimulus: The Nation says some GOPers said it was wasteful spending:

Thank God they were able to keep the earmarks.

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