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Senate Democrats kept the government shut down for 43 days, all to protest Obamacare’s failures.
It’s time Democrats admit that failure and work with Republicans to lower the cost of healthcare.
This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate.
My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in many ways, we have done that. In addition to extending pro-growth tax cuts, a larger child tax credit, and no tax on tips or overtime, we made a historic investment and modernization of the Coast Guard; enhanced our border security and national defense; funded aviation safety, including AWOS/VWOS systems that will save lives; and provided tax-exempt status for the Community Development Quota Program to help western Alaska communities establish a sustainable economy, among other provisions.
We have advanced new opportunities for resource development in the NPR-A, the Coastal Plain, and Cook Inlet that will help us create jobs and increase the share of revenues our state receives. I also co-led the Senate effort to restore a slightly longer phase-out for wind and solar tax credits while deleting a punitive excise tax targeting them.
Those provisions will benefit our economy, but it is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety net programs—Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits—that our most vulnerable populations rely on.
To address the bill’s shortcomings, we have helped our communities through a $50 billion rural health fund. This will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Alaska hospitals, community health centers, and other providers. We secured commitments from the CMS Administrator to continue to address longstanding priorities which will directly help Bartlett, Fairbanks Memorial, Central Peninsula, and other hospitals in Alaska.
In the SNAP program, we have added tribal exemptions for work requirements, delayed cost-share penalties to help Alaska get benefits to the people who need them, and included work requirement waivers that align with our Medicaid policies. We also secured commitments from the Secretary of Agriculture to provide additional flexibilities to Alaska for SNAP.
But, let’s not kid ourselves. This has been an awful process—a frantic rush to meet an artificial deadline that has tested every limit of this institution. While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.
My sincere hope is that this is not the final product. This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the President’s desk. We need to work together to get this right.
@SaffronOlive Why did it take 4 and 6 years for the CRC to finally take action on these problematic cards. Their indifference and inaction served as tasset admission that the cards were acceptable in the format. Why listen to them now???
I should point out that all of my discussions on the Commander bannings are from a casual perspective. The bannings might be bad for CEDH, I just don't play the format enough to really have an opinion. If they do and CEDH is your format, I'm sorry. That sucks.
@Pokemon Pokemon Company... Why you tease us like this! Re-release the games for Nin. Switch online!!! Please!!! (P.S. Also Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald)
@PearlWoomy Sheldon certainly knows his stuff. Weapon development isn't easy it seems. Although that begs the question how Mr. Grizz gets those (almost certainly illegal) Grizzco weapons.
@PearlWoomy Congratulations!!! First year is one of the toughest. You have so much to be proud of. Keep on fighting for tomorrow. You are so much stronger than you believe yourself to be.
@PearlWoomy This is the kind of head canon that I adore. It is sensible that inklings/octolings have to expend some amount of energy to maintain their kid form. After all, they are all born in swim form and only learn to control their shape-shifting ability as they age.