Politics & Government - 16 July 2007

I started seeing a new psychiatrist. I met with him once and he told me he needed all records before prescribing anything to me. I got my records faxed and he said he needed to see me again. $325 for first visit and who knows for today. He knew I lost my job and ins is ending soon. He's saying I have a personality disorder based on my calling his office too many times. I went in today and he still wouldn't give me anything. Said patient's financial situation doesn't matter to him. I'm very disappointed and I haev left crying both times. Do I have to pay? I haven't yet. Can I refuse to pay?

2007-07-16 10:26:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-07-16 10:24:52 · 6 answers · asked by bk 1 in Law & Ethics

Thank you for contacting me regarding immigration reform. I appreciated hearing from you and apologize for the delay in my response.

On June 28, 2007, the Senate failed to obtain the 60 votes necessary to cut off debate on the comprehensive immigration reform bill, S. 1639. That halted any likely future progress on this legislation for the duration of the 110th Congress.

Although S. 1639 was by no means a perfect bill, it was a vast improvement over previous reform measures. The American people demanded that certain provisions be included, and they were. These demands included triggers requiring successful installation of border security measures before other programs come into effect, English language requirements, employee verification systems, and provisions that would force illegal immigrants to leave the country and submit an application before achieving permanent legal residency. In addition, the bill would have required that currently undocumented individuals seeking temporary legal status maintain employment, pass a background check, pay fines and their back taxes, and forego any Social Security benefits tied to payments they made into the system while working illegally. Americans were, and still are, adamantly in support of these policies, as am I.

Despite the inclusion of these popular provisions, the vote in the Senate demonstrated that many Americans do not trust the federal government to enforce these ambitious programs. In the end, that is probably what brought the bill down.

Unfortunately, because of this outcome, no problems have been solved, and the dysfunctional status quo remains. Communities in Idaho, and across the country, will still face the problem of undocumented workers who take advantage of our broken legal immigration system. Idahoans sent me to Congress to solve problems, which is why I voted to limit debate on the bill. Had sixty votes been cast for cloture, the Senate would have voted on several more amendments, including additional measures to strengthen border security, before a final up-or-down vote on passage of S. 1639.

Despite the outcome, I remain open to other proposals to solve the problems of illegal immigration and an outdated, flawed legal immigration system. In particular, I will use my position on the Appropriations Committee to fund strong border enforcement measures, as I have done in the past. I will also continue to search for a solution to the serious labor shortages plaguing the U.S. agricultural community.

My first priority is, and will always be, the hard-working men and women of Idaho and their families. Protecting our homeland security and the safety of our people is the fundamental responsibility of the government, and I will continue to support policies that protect and benefit American citizens, treat immigrants fairly, and preserve our economy, resources and national security.

I kept an online floor journal during the final debate on the bill to let folks know my reasoning behind each vote. You can view the journal at http://craig.senate.gov/journal_immigration.cfm. If you have specific questions about these or any of my other votes on the immigration proposal, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you again for contacting me.

Sincerely,

LARRY E. CRAIG
United States Senator

2007-07-16 10:24:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Just like large corporate contributions is this a problem?

Most important question:
*****Why would China want Bill in office?*****

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n6_v49/ai_19254703

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/23/clinton.china/

2007-07-16 10:24:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

they say the majority of people dislike the president? I always think, I thoght the libs were suppose to be the ones getting high.

2007-07-16 10:22:04 · 9 answers · asked by bbbbriggs04 3 in Politics

There can be only one!

2007-07-16 10:21:06 · 7 answers · asked by smbfc 3 in Civic Participation

I was advised to turn in an affidavit and send it in with my petition for legal name change explaining more clearly my reason for wanting the name change. Is there a special format that an affadavit must be written in? I understand that I have to sign it in front of a notary, but do I just type out a statement explaining why I want the name change and then sign it? Please let me know. Thanks. :)

2007-07-16 10:19:02 · 6 answers · asked by Mystery Buff 2 in Law & Ethics

The U.S. had Jane Fonda, etc..

While England had The Beatles (John Lennon) and other communists.

2007-07-16 10:18:45 · 12 answers · asked by a bush family member 7 in Politics

besides take back what he said about letting all the illegals become citizens

2007-07-16 10:15:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Why the outporing of concern for them now?

2007-07-16 10:14:44 · 6 answers · asked by El Duderino 4 in Politics

The polls don't lie according to the 2000 and 2004 elections, she is also leading in OHIO. My question is once the debate is televised between these two, will Hillary have it by a landslide? You know Guiliani is not good with debates and politics.
www.realclearpolitics.com

2007-07-16 10:14:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Are there any Groups in existance whom are working towards the total annilation of Germany and all of its peoples, to rid the World of the GDG - ( German Defective Gene)

2007-07-16 10:11:51 · 22 answers · asked by sparkyman 1 in Military

1$ a day anyone?

2007-07-16 10:11:50 · 16 answers · asked by Ringo G. 4 in Politics

I have verbal rental agreement and asked if i could have a rental agreement and he said wait till your rent is paid then can give you one.Why?

2007-07-16 10:10:07 · 7 answers · asked by daddyof4 1 in Law & Ethics

You make a fool of yourself and convince no one of your viewpoint.

2007-07-16 10:09:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

It doesn't matter if they were radical or moderate, historical or current, political, martial, or underground. So far, I have Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez, and Michelle Bachelet.

2007-07-16 10:08:29 · 6 answers · asked by Mikey C 5 in Politics

Me and my feionce got rear ended on the 9th. The one who hit us lied on her police report and no one seems to care. She admitted fault, but I am afraid that her lies will get us introuble.

Also our lawyer said it would take up to 1 year to settle. Shouldn't it be sooner.

Oh I forgot, the tire marks from her skid out were aprox 148 feet long. She said she just tapped us and didnt think a need for injury claims!

I just want to know if it sounds ok to you?

2007-07-16 10:06:45 · 4 answers · asked by Elisa 2 in Law & Ethics

Saddam's dead.

They have a new government.

They don't have WMD (regardless of whether they had them in the first place or not).

When do we know when the job is done?

2007-07-16 10:06:02 · 10 answers · asked by El Duderino 4 in Politics

2007-07-16 10:04:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Conservatives are the ones who want our troops to stay in a civil war where there are people around every corner trying to kill them, Conservatives blocked an effort to allow our troops more time between tours in Iraq, Conservatives sent our troops over there without the proper equipment, Conservatives have totally screwed things up over there.

This means that the Conservatives are the real ones who hate our troops. It obvious.

2007-07-16 10:03:08 · 22 answers · asked by memyselfandI 1 in Politics

Think about your rights. Think about the constitution. Think about dumb people.

2007-07-16 10:02:51 · 14 answers · asked by lvillejj 4 in Law & Ethics

Okay the papers were signed (contract) 7-3-07, and on 7-6-2007 it started having problems with it. They told me it was in good condition and had nothing wrong with it. It is turning out to be a lemon, but I (roommate) am under contract. Thank God it's still under factory warranty. Isn't there a law that forbids dealers from selling lemons without first telling the person that the auto has problems?

2007-07-16 10:02:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I was having a conversation with someone and I told them US had no national language. They said a law had been passed, i've been looking around and some people are saying that a law was passed making it the official language? So has english been made the official language? If so when was this law passed? If not then what is this law everyone is talking about.

2007-07-16 10:00:04 · 12 answers · asked by crazyragedfrog 1 in Law & Ethics

Say I am at a barbeque at a friends and I am on the front porch drinking a beer. Because I do not look old enough a cop asks to see my id to see if I am. My question is do I have to show ID? Or because he can't prove I broke a law I do not have to show my ID, is that how it works?

2007-07-16 09:59:41 · 10 answers · asked by Chris D 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

pulling out of there? I finally become to realize that there is a bigger issue at stage. I think we need to finish it until the Iraqi government becomes stronger with their democratic process. What's your thinking?

2007-07-16 09:57:48 · 16 answers · asked by angelikabertrand64 5 in Military

Do you think it is a good idea or not. Why ???

2007-07-16 09:55:58 · 9 answers · asked by Sweet Tea & Lemons 6 in Law & Ethics

I heard he was going to be excluded from all the future Republican debates because he is to conservative .

2007-07-16 09:55:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

My sister lives with the father of her child. They are not married. They got in a big fight where he was up in her face and all and she wanted to take the baby and go stay the night at our grandmother's house. He said if she did that he would call the cops on her and say she kidnapped the baby. Could he really do that?

2007-07-16 09:55:11 · 13 answers · asked by Jenae, TV (tempter of the vile) 5 in Law & Ethics

The total number of units are 3. On the listing for the unit, it was listed as having 2 off-street parking spaces. Our purchase and sale agreement has this listed in the description of the property. During the whole transaction and even the day we signed the house papers, we asked several different people, including neighbors to left, about the parking situation since we observed that there were only 5 spaces. We were assured every time that we had a total of 2 spaces, the neighbors to the left had 2, and the neighbor to the right had 1.

Now, our neighbor is disputing this even after showing him our paperwork with this on it. Our condo by-laws state that we have a 33.3% interest in the common area which includes the parking lot.

We went to city hall and told them our situation and looked into adding a 6th space on the property. We were told that we could not at a space and that we had 1 and a half parking spaces between the 3 units.

What can we do? This affects two units.

2007-07-16 09:54:41 · 6 answers · asked by miguel3239 1 in Law & Ethics

What has influenced your present political opinions and political behavior?

2007-07-16 09:54:10 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Elections