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Originally Posted by Muncle
As to Collins, I reiterate her question, why does $870,000,000.00 for flu pandemic preparedness belong in the stimulus bill? Collins praised the value on the concept, but understandably questioned it being in the stimulus bill. Oh, and by the way, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in February, as the Senate neared final approval of the stimulus bill, noted that “all those little porky things,” including flu pandemic money, had been removed from the package.
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First Bobby Jindal identifies a $140 million appropriation for volcano monitoring as an example of wasteful spending in the stimulus package, then a volcano actually erupts in Alaska.
Then Senator "Swine Flu Sue" Collins not only questions, but actually mocks pandemic funding! Lo and behold, we have a possible pandemic on our hands.
Not a good start for a GOP remake.
Most of the U.S. cases are tied to an outbreak at a Catholic high school in New York, where more than 100 students got sick last week after several returned from a spring break trip to Mexico. These cases are mild (Thank God), but Senator Schumer will have to answer to New Yorkers if things get worse.