Democrats don't have a lot of time to turn the party around. Susan Davis More Quotes by Susan Davis More Quotes From Susan Davis We must also recognize the new realities of modern warfare and the modern landscape of a battlefield. Susan Davis landscape warfare reality The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably. Susan Davis afghanistan iraq brave My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl! Susan Davis dad girl brother OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run through September of 2016. Half of the trillion dollars goes to defense spending and the Pentagon. The other half goes to domestic spending - everything from prisons to parks. So there's also about 74 billion in there that goes to the military operations that we have ongoing in Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria. Susan Davis iraq military running It ends a 40-year ban on exporting U.S. oil. It's changed - it's included in its cyber-security legislation - that says to private companies, hey, if you share with us your data on your cyber-attacks, your potential cyber-attacks, we'll give you liability protection. And they authorized a health care program for 9/11 responders for 75 years to cover the length of their lifespans. Susan Davis cyber-attacks oil years Most of them benefit businesses, things like research and development tax credits. But people will also benefit, too, from things like - the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit have been made permanent. They predominantly help lower-income families. Susan Davis research-and-development children people Congress also did something new, which is, they delayed for two years two new taxes - one on medical devices and one on high-end health insurance plans. Those taxes are supposed to help pay for President Obama's health care law, but they're really unpopular. Susan Davis law two years The political future for Democrats is daunting. Susan Davis democrat political Democrats don't sound united. Susan Davis united democrat sound OK, so this pack - tax package includes about 50 tax breaks. None of them are new. They were all existing tax breaks. What this did was make them permanent. It gives some certainty for people when they're filing taxes that they don't have to wonder if Congress is going to renew them year after year. Susan Davis giving people years When it comes to pay raises, Congress always plays the role of Grinch. The bill extends an existing pay freeze for Vice President Joe Biden, specifically, and senior political appointees broadly. Susan Davis senior political play The president doesn't get an automatic pay raise, so they can't freeze it for him. But it also does extend the pay rate - they pay increases or pay freeze for pay increases for members of Congress. They've had a pay freeze since 2009, but most civil servants will see a small pay bump in 2016 thanks to a separate order from President Obama. Susan Davis president doe order Another agency - the IRS - did not do as well under Republicans who control Congress. The IRS is largely flatlined in their spending, but they did get about 300 million more funding. But I can only be used to help people pay their taxes and answer questions. It can't be used for any other purpose. Susan Davis agency purpose people Most major domestic programs got more money this year, and they're used to reflect the priorities of the upcoming year. One good example is, the Secret Service is getting $268 extra dollars because it's a presidential election year and the agency's going to be under more demands. Susan Davis priorities agency years There's dozens of unrelated policy provisions tucked inside of it. I'll give you a sense of a handful of them. One is a visa waiver program change. It's going to make it harder for people who've traveled to places with terrorist activity to get into the U.S. They're going to have to go through an added layer of security. Susan Davis dozen giving people Most of the recommendations regarding management of postmenopausal women apply to women less than 60 years old, so we specifically wanted to determine the prevalence of symptoms in women aged 60 to 65 years. Susan Davis health-news The idea is to bring art to people who might never really interact with it. It's for all citizens, and it's about making the city more interesting and more visually significant. Susan Davis city never people art I'm relieved that the state of the Marines' readiness will remain high. Susan Davis marines high will relieved San Diego walked away with just a scratch. Susan Davis scratch away just san-diego Everything they have done is the result of nurses fighting for safe working conditions, and they will continue to do so. Susan Davis
