Aide for the Damned

A little more catch up writing. A little more than a week old and a promise that they won't be back until next week.  

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE on March 30, 2015 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Fiscal 2016 Budget Resolution - Adoption
• House: Ukraine Military Assistance – Passage
• House: Veterans Affairs Future Budget Planning – Passage

Both chambers are in recess until Monday, April 13.

Recent Senate Votes

Fiscal 2016 Budget Resolution - Adoption Vote Agreed to (52-46, 2 Not Voting)
The Senate passed adopted the concurrent resolution that would set broad spending and revenue targets over the next 10 years. It would allow $523 billion for defense discretionary spending and $493.5 billion for non-defense spending in fiscal 2016, the statutory level set by the 2011 budget law.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES
Ten year spending projections. Conservative Republicans if there were any, would be concentrating on a ten cost control program. But there are very few conservative Republican Senators therefore we are stuck with worthless promises of how money is going to be spent.  All decisions are temporary gentlemen, especially when the President hasn't told you what you are going to approve. The Senate is loaded with chicken shit sycophants, repeal the 17th Amendment! 

Recent House Votes:

Ukraine Military Assistance – Passage Vote Passed (348-48, 36 Not Voting)
The House agreed to a motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution stating that the House of Representatives "strongly urges" the president to fully and immediately exercise authorities provided by Congress to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons systems in order to enhance the ability of the Ukrainian people to defend their sovereign territory from the "unprovoked and continuing aggression of the Russian Federation."
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Aide for the Damned from the damnable. Hell I do no know what is right here. I do know that the current President will not interfere with anything Putin does in Ukraine. That unwritten policy kind of sets up assistance to the sovereign government like a welfare dependent, never getting enough aide to correct the problem, just enough to encourage the fight. People will die because of the vague conflict between weak Congressional support and obstinate Presidential refusal.  Offsetting is the fact that somehow promised has not been entirely or even significantly delivered. 

Veterans Affairs Future Budget Planning – Passage Vote Passed (420-0, 12 Not Voting)
The House agreed to a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended, that would direct the Veterans Affairs Department to annually submit to Congress a future-years veterans program with its budget request. The program would reflect estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for that fiscal year and succeeding four fiscal years, and would include a five-year plan for the department to meet its commitment to veterans, including the resources needed to do so.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Like the vote Mr. Scott. Go further, push for privatization, more funding and continuous improvement engineering systems.  Advocate for 5S methodology and Six Sigma practices to be instituted at the government departments directly serving people.

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