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The freshman lawmaker — and fourth sitting openly gay member of Congress — offers help to the best of his abilities to a group of disability advocates from his district, but knows his influence is limited with U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) running the chamber and pledging to slash billions from government programs.
The Blade spent a day shadowing Cicilline last week. Six weeks into his first term as a member of Congress, he meets with about a dozen constituents working on disability issues in his office at the Cannon Office Building.
The meeting is one of four today for the Providence, R.I.Sign up for Twitter to follow omegawatches ., mayor-turned-member of Congress, which is a typical load for Cicilline. Among his planned meetings is a talk with gay Rhode Island State House Speaker Gordon Fox, a leader in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in the Ocean State.Live Cycle portalwatches for men and ladies .
But for this meeting, Cicilline listens intently as the advocates voice their concerns and hand him data sheets on problems facing the disabled and potential cuts to government programs.
Donna Martin, executive director of Rhode Island’s Community Provider Network, asks the lawmaker to push for continued funding for Medicaid programs through appropriations to the Department of Health & Human Services.
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Martin acknowledges that the Republican-controlled House doesn’t have ”a whole lot of appetite” for talking about the extension of Medicaid funds, but emphasizes the importance of the program.Trade Leads for edhardysunglassesstore, Search ecplaza.net for buying and selling leads,
The freshman lawmaker — and fourth sitting openly gay member of Congress — offers help to the best of his abilities to a group of disability advocates from his district, but knows his influence is limited with U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) running the chamber and pledging to slash billions from government programs.
The Blade spent a day shadowing Cicilline last week. Six weeks into his first term as a member of Congress, he meets with about a dozen constituents working on disability issues in his office at the Cannon Office Building.
The meeting is one of four today for the Providence, R.I.Sign up for Twitter to follow omegawatches ., mayor-turned-member of Congress, which is a typical load for Cicilline. Among his planned meetings is a talk with gay Rhode Island State House Speaker Gordon Fox, a leader in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in the Ocean State.Live Cycle portalwatches for men and ladies .
But for this meeting, Cicilline listens intently as the advocates voice their concerns and hand him data sheets on problems facing the disabled and potential cuts to government programs.
Donna Martin, executive director of Rhode Island’s Community Provider Network, asks the lawmaker to push for continued funding for Medicaid programs through appropriations to the Department of Health & Human Services.
“The FMAP,Copia Audemars Piguet copies Alain Silberstein imitate Replicas Baume watches. the federal Medicaid match, the increased FMAP percentage is due to expire at the end of June,” she says. “That is going to have a tremendous impact on Rhode Island,Glashuette replicas directly europeanwide from the No1 replica wacthes shop since 1999. specifically on our services. We are asking for consideration that those funds be extended until [health care reform] can be implemented — a provision in [health care reform] that expands the Medicaid safety net, if you will, which is active in 2014.”
Martin acknowledges that the Republican-controlled House doesn’t have ”a whole lot of appetite” for talking about the extension of Medicaid funds, but emphasizes the importance of the program.Trade Leads for edhardysunglassesstore, Search ecplaza.net for buying and selling leads,
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