Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, has vowed that if the Dems take back the House next month major changes would happen in the first 100 hours (not days- HOURS)!
Changes include:
Get lobbyists out of the legislation process
Implement all recommendations from the 911 commission
Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour (maybe without doing the staggered increase that is typical)
Cut interest rates on student loans
Give Medicare negotiating power with drug companies
And last, but certainly not least
ROLL BACK THE WINDFALL TAX CUTS!
I’ll admit that I have been a bit skeptical of Pelosi since she took impeachment off the table (I really do hope that was just political maneuvering and will be re-examined with a Dem majority). If this 100 hour plan is what we get with the first female Speaker then I say “What the hell took us so long?”
PS: Future Speaker Pelosi would be 3rd in line for the presidency. If impeachment happened for Bush and Cheney she might not just be the first female Speaker, but the first female President. That is a happy making thought indeed.
“Get lobbyists out of the legislation process”–Whah?
Those are some big and bold promises, dude. She should get a nobel prize if she delivers half of them.
I’m just so happy to see dems with a plan, any plan, that my panties might be a bit moist. I don’t expect them to get any of them through, but you don’t get people out to vote simply to vote against the other guy. You have to give them a plan or they will stay home.
True. “Stay on message” and all. We’ve got it covered here on the east coast, and we should be ok out by you guys…
I FEAR the first 100 hours of Democrat rule … here’s why
raising the minimum wage will destroy small businesses and kill the already thriving economy
they’re beating a dead horse when it comes to Iraq. We’re there because Iraq could’ve become the next North Korea. We’re there because we’d rather fight the terrorists abroad than on our home soil. Leaving now just increases our chances of another homeland attack.
they will open the door to cloning by approving more stem cell research
they will roll back the middle class tax cuts which will destroy the thriving economy
in the first 100 hours of democratic rule, they will tank the economy and also make America prone to terrorist attacks by rolling back our national security