Thursday, September 23, 2010

Repubs Blocked More than the DREAM Act and DADT Repeal

Here are just a few of the other blocked provisions, courtesy of Mother Jones.


• No permanent military bases in Afghanistan.

• Report identifying hybrid or electric propulsion systems and other fuel-saving technologies for incorporation into tactical motor vehicles.

• Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.

• Improvements to Department of Defense domestic violence programs.

• Department of Defense recognition of spouses of members of the Armed Forces.

• Department of Defense recognition of children of members of the Armed Forces.

• Enhancements to the Troops-to-Teachers Program.

• Fiscal year 2011 increase in military basic pay.

• Improving aural protection for members of the Armed Forces.

• Comprehensive policy on neurocognitive assessment by the military health care system.

• Authority to make excess nonlethal supplies available for domestic emergency assistance.

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