Appleton Post Cresent give GOP thumbs down

The Appleton Post Crescent doesn't think we should trust the Bush team to provide the best armor either.

Thumbs Down

To Republicans in the Legislature, for effectively killing a bill that would have provided high-quality body armor for Wisconsin members of the Army Reserve and National Guard who are sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. After concerns about the military's inadequate body armor, state Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, and Rep. Tom Nelson, D-Kaukauna, crafted a bill that would provide funding for the body armor. The bill was supposed to have been taken up by a Senate committee last week but was pulled before the hearing without explanation. Attempts to attach the bill as an amendment to related bills were denied, too.