Merry Christmas, Medicaid, Medicare and student loan recipients, from your Republican-controlled Senate…..

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer

“The Republican-controlled Senate passed legislation to cut federal deficits by $39.7 billion on Wednesday by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the deciding vote. The measure, the product of a year's labors by the White House and the GOP in Congress, imposes the first restraints in nearly a decade in federal benefit programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and student loans .”

Anthony Fazzio

12/21/05