Kerry, Santorum, team up again

[cestpaspossible]

The National Association of Realtors® praised U.S. Sens. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and four other senators of both parties for introducing this week the Community Development Homeownership Tax Credit Act, S. 859, which would help as many as 50,000 families a year achieve the American dream of homeownership. Companion legislation known as the Renewing the Dream Tax Credit Act, H.R. 1549, was introduced in the House last week by Reps. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.).

Modeled after the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, the legislation is expected to generate nearly $2 billion in private investment annually for the construction and/or rehabilitation of approximately 50,000 homes for sale to lower-income families. The credit is also expected to produce 122,000 construction and related jobs, $4 billion in wages and $2 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue. The program would provide investors with a tax credit of up to 50 percent of the cost of developing each home.

The bill is similar to legislation that was introduced in both the House and Senate last session and gained the support of a bipartisan majority of Congress. The homeownership tax credit also enjoys the strong support of President Bush. NAR is part of a coalition of over 40 housing and community organizations that back the measure.
press release

I couldn't find a news report on this other than this NAR press release.

imho, no matter how evil the cosponsor, trying to get good legislation passed is a good thing. What do you think?

[dhinojosa]

1. Santorum is ready to lose office...or maybe he's coming out...

but it looks like he is trying hard to do positive things.

[Langis]

2. Santorum is scum, nothing but scum

I wouldn't work, speak or even be civil to the fucker. But then again I'm not a Senator, Kerry kind of has to.

[bunkerbuster1]

3. Part of the job. You get a guy from the other side to co-sponsor a bill.

[blm]

4. Looks to me like Santorum is trying to moderate his image before PA votes

for a new senator. I don't think he's doing it for the right reasons, but, because he knows PA voted for Kerry.

I hope Kerry uses Santorum to get whatever he can for the people of this country and I hope the RW gets good and pissed at Santorum for latching onto Kerry's efforts.

[Zynx]

5. I voted yes, but Kerry shouldn't be doing things that can help Anal Froth

[hopein08]

6. Poor Teresa...

Doesn't she hated Little Rickey with a passion? For undescribed reasons... Remember that Washington Post article that got brought up again during the campaign where he tried to get her to agree that Santorum may have changed? I think its kind of mean for Kerry to work with him.

But seriously, you have to work with the other side sometimes so you can always fall back on the line "I have a working bipartisan relationship."

[bumblebee1]

12. After all,

Little Ricky took over the Senate seat that her late first husband John Heinz occupied.

[returnable]

7. Good legislation is good legislation. But Santorum is kidding himself...

...if he thinks this is gonna help his re-election bid.

As the old saying goes, ya can't put lipstick on anal froth :hi:

[cestpaspossible]

9. Yeah never know

the nuts who would vote for Santorum might be turned off he's cosponsoring with Kerry...

[karynnj]

8. Read Kerry's speech (4/20)

One of the many things he was criticizing was that there was becoming less and less a spirit of bipartisanship, with Senators working across parties lines to do things. Kerry would be a hypocrite if he then ruled out every Republican that hurt him (or Teresa). It also probably gets him some IOUs so he might get some Republican sponsors to push things like his Kids' First initiative that mean a lot to him. (The Religious Freedom bill he had pushed since 1997 - if it would have passed it might have helped him last year.)

If Kerry or any other Democrat manages to do any good in this extremely difficult time they should get credit for it.

[Blue Belle]

10. I agree.

Democrats need to be at the fore front of bipartisanship... it doesn't mean that Kerry has to be best friends with that jackass. John Kerry's responsibility is to his constituents, and if this legislation helps give the citizens of his state a better life, then he needs to help make it possible.

It's just a rare day that Santorum is actually putting the needs of his constituents before the needs of his party.

[Massacure]

11. I agree with dems on some things, and repubs on others.

That doesn't make me a bad person. I hate being a hypocrite.