Let me talk for a moment about the other good portions of this bill which were attached by the majority in a cynical attempt to buy votes for the overall bill. There is true emergency funding in this bill. But it is money for Sudan and the gulf coast. and the preparation for the avian flu. not Iraq. This bill contains $1.9 billion to meet the pressing border security needs that exist because the President has not made funding for border security a priority. Unfortunately. the bill contains $708 million to pay for the deployment of National Guard troops to the border. This is a bad idea that will further burden National Guard units across.
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