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By One Citizen
I wonder why Charleston Newspapers never reported that Republican Rep. Joe Wilson (R-Loudmouth) and our very own Shelley Moore Capito (R-Hypocrite) actually BOTH voted in lockstep with Bush Rubberstampeders to provide federal funds for illegal immigrants' healthcare?
It's not like they didn't have every chance.
The rubberstamping Repub votes came during the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, which contained Sec. 1011. At that time, they authorized $250 million annually between 2003 and 2008 for government reimbursements to hospitals which provide treatment for uninsured illegal immigrants.
But hey, don't take my word for it! Here's where you can see for yourself how they voted on the relevant House Roll Call, and here are the details.
Pretty revealing considering Capito's TV campaign ads which blatantly flogged voter's fears regarding illegal immigrants.
By the way, the Democrats are trying their best to plug that Medicare "Part D" giant loophole Republicans created when they legislated that giant windfall for prescription drug manufacturers. Apparently Republicans still don't want that problem fixed.
Anyone wondering why can get a pretty good idea by checking out the image below which I recycled from back then. |
