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(August 01, 2008)—The US House of Representatives passed its Fiscal Year 2009 bill in a strong bipartisan vote 409 to 4.

The bill awards generous increases to Veterans Programs and Military Construction Projects; $47.7 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $24.8 billion for Military Construction, Family Housing and BRAC.

"The bottom line is this bill is about maintaining a strong national defense, improving military readiness and respecting with word and deeds those who defend us and our freedom," said Congressman Chet Edwards, who introduced the bill.

The bill totals over $118 billion with $72.7 billion in discretionary spending.

Notably absent from the bill were energy legislation and other measures aimed at bringing the price of gasoline down.

Politico.com reported Friday that after the bill passed, House Democrats introduced a motion to adjourn, which House Republicans opposed. As House Democrats left the building and turned out the lights, House Republicans remained on the floor talking about gas prices

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Posted by: LN Location: Robinson on Aug 4, 2008 at 05:21 PM
Hey newswatcher: When the Dems took control of the House and Senate in '06 it was mainly to 1) Have more transparency and accountability in Congress. 2) Get the cost of oil down because gas was $2.30 a gallon. Now that they have had 2 years to do this what have they done? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. And for your information the Republicans have been saying for a very long time that we need to 1)drill here, 2)conserve energy and shock of shocks, 3)go after and develop alternative energy sources. Pres. Bush started saying that right after he was elected in 2000 but the Dems have been blocking any movement at all. All the Dems want is alternative energy. And if you think we are going to quit using oil in our lifetimes, dream on. The entire world runs on oil and it is not some bad thing either. But unless we do all 3 things together we are just spinning our wheels like before. And I for one am sick of sending my money overseas to some towel head regime that wants to kills us.
Posted by: get real Location: here on Aug 3, 2008 at 11:59 PM
William, thanks for that brilliant statement! Let's see, the democratic congress has been whining for years and even after they became the majority. They are always crying about something, you know people like Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy and now the whining Obama. Yea, everything is sooo great, let's take our 5 week vacations and not worry about our citizens.
Posted by: William Location: Waco on Aug 3, 2008 at 05:00 PM
Sounds like TEXASLEGAL, Joe, and John are what Phil Gramm (R) stated on July 8,2008 as just a bunch of "Whiners". Everything is great, it is just in the whiners heads.
Posted by: Rick Location: CT on Aug 3, 2008 at 03:35 PM
Chet, your military families are stuggling with high gas prices too, along with everyone else. So how much do you really care about our soldiers? Sounds like NOT MUCH! And my opinion about Pelosi, well, the next time she goes before the media talking her "Americans are struggling" bit, someone needs to slap her!
Posted by: News Watcher Location: Waco on Aug 3, 2008 at 02:53 PM
Quit your whining, the Republicans are just as at fault as the Dems. Bush and his cronies (Republican Congress) was in complete control from 2000 to 2006 and nothing was done to aleviate the energy problems we are now facing. During that time they could have voted to open up all drilling and by this time maybe we wouldn't be paying $4.00/gallon. Either you are a Yellow Rat Republican or can't remember who was in charge of our country a few years back.
Posted by: TEXASLEGAL on Aug 3, 2008 at 08:40 AM
You can bet your "hero" Chet had his car idling at the curb to make his escape for vacation using your tax payer dollars to do so. But alas wan't he rumored to be a possible choice for VP? He would fit right in.. Only one thing standing in the way for a energy plan. PELOSI. I saw where Nobama was crawfishing on his 'no new drilling' statements. Now he says we may have to explore and drill. Don't you know Pelosi loves that?
Posted by: Joe Location: Waco on Aug 3, 2008 at 08:18 AM
Didctator Hitler (I mean pelosi) needs to go. But the Idiots in her District In California don't have clue and Chet Edwards is just her lap baby.
Posted by: Anonymous Location: Central Texas on Aug 2, 2008 at 01:15 PM
This story as written, is not exactly how the video reports it. The video says Congressional Revolt and states that House Reps wanted to stay and pass an energy bill that would help citizens while Pelosi refused to call the House back and turned out the lights and microphones so the Dems could get on with their summer vacations. Great going there House Democrats and Pelosi...you're really concerned for us lowly struggling citizens! Oh, and Chet is obviously not worried about high gas prices since he was heading out the doors too.
Posted by: TEXASLEGAL on Aug 1, 2008 at 08:36 PM
What a fiasco. The democrats have themselves in quite a situation huh? Natzi Pelosi can't let the drilling bill come up for a vote because enough of her cronies will cross lines and vote for it and it will pass giving in to the republicans, and if she lets it come up for a vote she loses face with dumbocrats. Meanwhile they are on a 5 week vacation while you try to figure out how to afford to buy gas to get to work. It is congresse's policies that got us in this mess and their inaction that keeps us in it. Hey is this some of that "change" I keep hearing about? Or is it "hope"? Oh no wait i forgot it is the "first hundred hours". But hey Bozobama has the answer.. More TAXES.
Posted by: Lisa Location: TX on Aug 1, 2008 at 04:27 PM
There you have it.......House Democrats introduced a motion to adjourn, which House Republicans opposed. As House Democrats left the building and turned out the lights, House Republicans remained on the floor talking about gas prices
Posted by: John Location: Waco on Aug 1, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Makes you wonder why anybody votes for democrats huh...
Posted by: LN Location: Robinson on Aug 1, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Odd how you have to click on a link to "get the full story". Isn't KWTX a "news organzation"? Don't they report stories, potentially big ones?
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