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surfermaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 09:07 AM
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MYric,edwards, and Graham unites, sort of
Myrick, Edwards and Graham united, sort of
All 3 favored loans over grants for Iraq; not all voted that way
TIM FUNK




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Myrick, Edwards and Graham united, sort of All 3 favored loans over grants for Iraq; not all voted that way Three members of Congress from the Carolinas went high profile last week during historic votes on whether to grant President Bush's $87 billion request for Iraq -- and whether to convert some of that amount into a loan.

First, to review: Both chambers approved the $87 billion, two-thirds of which will be spent on military operations. The Senate vote was 87-12; the House vote, 303-125.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/7056705.htm?
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This article tell me, I am not the only person who feels the political changes in North and South Carolina...smaw



But the Senate also voted 51-47 to make half of the $20 billion earmarked for reconstruction of Iraq into a loan. The House rejected a similar amendment, with 200 members voting yes and 226 voting no.

Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., who's running for president, made headlines by voting against the whole package, saying a yes vote would have been tantamount to giving Bush a "blank check" to spend on a postwar plan that's failed.

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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 09:15 AM
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1. Yes it would have been a blank check to Bush!!!!
.....and that is why Graham and Edwards get my respect unlike other Demos such as Lieberman and Dixieboy Miller(Georgia)!
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