Just before the Senate’s 60-39 procedural vote in favor of ObamaCare, Harrry Reid bought recalcitrant Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu’s vote with a $300,000,000 grant to the state of Louisiana.
First, the actual language of the Landrieu amendment and then the translation. Feel free to skip directly to the translation.
SEC. 2006. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT TO FMAP DETERMINATION FOR CERTAIN STATES RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR DISASTER.
Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d), as amended by sections 2001(a)(3) and
2001(b)(2), is amended— (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘subsection (y)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (y) and (aa)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:‘‘(aa)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), beginning January 1, 2011, the Federal medical assistance percentage for a fiscal year for a disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State shall be equal to the following:
‘(A) In the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), increased by 50 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5.
‘‘(B) In the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection for the State, increased by 25 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection.
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State’ means a State that is one of
the 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the preceding 7 fiscal years, the President has declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and determined as a result of such disaster that every county or parish in the State warrant individual and public assistance or public assistance from the Federal Government under such Act and for which— ‘‘(A) in the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5, by at least 3 percentage points; and ‘‘(B) in the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection by at least 3 percentage points.
‘‘(3) The Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State under paragraph (1) shall apply for purposes of this title (other than with respect to disproportionate share hospital payments described in section 1923 and payments under this title that are based on the enhanced FMAP described in 2105(b)) and shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV (other than under part E of title IV) or payments under title XXI.’’
Translation:
“We’ve established what you are, Senator Landrieu, now we’re just haggling about the price.”
– Written by Patrick Michael
This post was last modified on November 22, 2009
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Slut perhaps a bit harsh....but something was for sale.. it was probably for any soul that remained. PorkChopsRus !!
no slut is not to harsh. when money can get your vote or sex , that makes you a whore and were i come from a whore is a gutter slut!!!!
Wow! Need anything else be said?
where i come from m. landrieu would be known as a gutter slut for being bought like that!!!!!
The 2nd Louisiana Purchase.. They overpaid for her.. some just look better walking Bourbon Street as EZRider… Laissez les bons temps rouler.
In the Health Care Bill.. on Tort reform.. Congressional stupidity says NO! Tort Reform doesn't work... States with Tort Reform will be punished.
In the Health Care Bill.. No insurance across State lines.. Congressional stupidity says... it doesn't work... So no more oranges for Wisconsin
35 bucks for oral
75 bucks for a half and half
150 bucks for anything you want
No wonder there is such an explosion of STD's in DC.....
wonder what conner m. landrieu is working now that harry reid is her new pimp daddy. this was a woman i thought i could admire, but turns out she is just another washington whore who can be bought!!!
Since there is a direct correlation between the dollars and the population of the US, and we are all being screwed, maybe this is just a elaborate kissing booth kind of thing. Perhaps she is demonstrating her willingness to give each of us a smooch "while she is doing sex to us" (thanks to SNL for that).
For the record, she is a you know what - from now on I expect to see her wearing the uniform complete with stilettoes, and fishnets now and then.