Harry Reid still telling Bill Nelson how to vote. 
Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act – Vote Agreed to (61-39)
The Senate passed this bill to provide $16.1 billion to extend increased Medicaid assistance to states and $10 billion in funding for states to create or retain teachers’ jobs. The House must vote on the bill next.
The legislation approved today would extend such aid for six months, through the rest of most states’ fiscal years, while phasing down the matching rate during that period.
“It’s much easier for states to adjust their budgets if they have a gradual phaseout of the funding than to have it be very high one day and zero the next,” said Collins.
The federal government splits the cost of running Medicaid with the states. As part of the stimulus package, the administration agreed to increase, through the rest of this year, the federal matching rate by 6.2 percentage points.
“I think it’s important to be able to provide this support to the states at a very critical time, but I think it also should be done with the understanding that states are going to have to begin making some tough decisions,” she said. The tough decisions will be the states can not pay the bill and once the Fed stops the handouts states will be forced to do what they should be doing now, CUT COSTS. Tax payers can not afford any more handouts for political greed.
PLEASE everyone stop laughing at how STUPID Sen Collins sounds. SHE IS STUPID but Bill Nelson of Florida is nothing but a lemming. He doesn’t say anything because Harry Reid has not told him what to say yet!!!.. We already know Nelson isn’t saying or voting for the best interest of the people of Florida.