Dems Move to Draw the Economic Contrast

Last month, a post of mine prompted the New York Times to break the story that the Bush administration was attempting to cut food stamps for recipients of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. Now, Democrats are moving to fix the problem with a new bill in Congress.

New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt (D) is pushing a bill that would specifically address the problem - and force the Bush administration to cease and desist from cutting off food aid to the poor. Every Democrat should be on this bill to make a statement that the administration's economic war on ordinary Americans is unacceptable. This is a bill that starts drawing a bright line between Democratic and Republican priorities. That's exactly the kind of thing the party needs to be doing as we gear up for the 2006 election season.