Senate Veterans' Affairs Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said the cost of the bill, $1 billion over five years, is offset. She noted that a vote to block the measure is tantamount to saying the nation has done enough for veterans. "A vote to support this point of order says that despite the fact that we have paid for this bill, despite the fact that one in four young veterans are out of work, despite the fact that veterans suicides are outpacing combat deaths, and despite the fact that more and more veterans are coming home, we are not going to invest in these challenges," Murray said. The nation owes veterans "more than just a pat on the back for their service," she continued. "We owe them more than bumper stickers and platitudes. We owe them more than procedural roadblocks that will impede our ability to provide help now and into the future. We owe them action." Murray continued: "We owe them real investments that will help get them back to work. And that's what this bill does."

STOP THE TORTURE OF FARM & SLAUGHTER HOUSES. ABUSERS GET JAIL TIME AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW ABOUT THE ABUSE.

Ask Senator Boozman why he is denying our Veterans jobs, homes, and healthcare?

David Vitter, do not block the vote on the veteran jobs program. We need to show American veterans that we appreciate all of their efforts on behalf of peace and freedom in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Please label GMO's. We want to know!!

Folks in Missouri are outraged that Senator Roy Blunt voted to block a billion-dollar veteran jobs program and want him to explain why he abandoned our veterans despite their high rate of unemployment and homelessness.

LIKE BLOOD, MONEY ONLY WORKS WHEN IT CIRCULATES, BRINGING NUTRIENTS FOR GROWTH AND PROSPERITY TO THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS AND TISSUES OF THE SOCIAL BODY. PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK!

Ban Monsanto's GMOs from the United States of America.

"The world no longer has any polar bears to spare — certainly not to end up as a rug in front of a trophy hunter’s fireplace. We have to put a stop to the worldwide commercial trade in polar bear parts." -Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC Senior Attorney

Many nuclear tests have been performed over the last century. American troops were sent to Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands to attempt a Clean-Up Project. It was a joint task group effort including, the DNA, DOE, Holmes & Narver, AEC, and many more government agencies, as well as, Civilians and Foreign Nationals. All of the participants that were of the U.S. Military have been denied benefits for various cancers, etc, due to exposure to radiation. I am being treated for Stage III-C Colon Cancer. We also have been awarded a Humanitarian Medal for our efforts. We have to prove that we were there and provide witness statements, affidavits, travel orders, all while the V.A. has our records.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT

Tuesday, Oct. 2nd, 2012 Kerry Meade, Ligon Middle School (LMS) parent, will speak to the Wake County Board of Education Members requesting express busing be reinstated for those families where (LMS) is their choice list magnet school. These families live in Holly Springs, Cary, and Apex.