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 aliasinkhorn rated 3 months ago -
Bill jeered as omnibus earmark full of pork
Coburn vows to thwart Reid on $11 billion in pet projects
From the page: The Senate will soon consider legislation with an impressive-sounding name -- Advancing America's Priorities Act. But the bill being pushed by Democratic leaders includes l...
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- DickBeldin rated 3 months ago
- A clear example of why Washington personnel needs to be changed wholesale and why we need some limits on both executive and legislative authority. No bill should be presented to the floor which cannot be read aloud in fifteen minutes or less.
- aliasinkhorn rated 3 months ago
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Bill jeered as omnibus earmark full of pork
Coburn vows to thwart Reid on $11 billion in pet projects
From the page: The Senate will soon consider legislation with an impressive-sounding name -- Advancing America's Priorities Act. But the bill being pushed by Democratic leaders includes lots of lawmakers' pet priorities, such as a commission on the Star-Spangled Banner and the War of 1812, $1.5 billion for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and $5 million for a museum in Poland.
The legislation lumps nearly 40 separate bills into one and authorizes numerous earmarks, the targeted spending for projects that Democrats often ridiculed as pork-barrel when they swept into power 18 months ago.
Harry Reid
Critics are even more concerned about the way all this spending might be approved. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, is threatening to use a parliamentary tactic known as filling the tree, which would preclude amendments and make it difficult for lawmakers and the White House to block projects they consider wasteful.
The bill is an example of government's inclination to throw money and create a credit card and charge it to our kids, said Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, who is leading efforts to thwart a vote on the legislation.
Years from now when the story of America's bankruptcy is written, there will be certain names and faces that will be included as important. The silence of the American people will be proudly represented by Reed and others of his ilk.
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