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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: txradioguy on November 30, 2010, 09:32:52 AM
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate has rejected a GOP bid to ban the practice of larding spending bills with earmarks -- those pet projects that lawmakers love to send home to their states.
Democrats and a handful of Republicans combined to defeat the effort, which would have effectively forbidden the Senate from considering legislation containing earmarks like road and bridge projects, community development funding, grants to local police departments and special-interest tax breaks.
Earlier this month, Republicans bowed to tea party activists and passed a party resolution declaring GOP senators would give up earmarks. House Republicans have also given up the practice, but most Democrats say the earmarks are a legitimate way to direct taxpayer money to their constituents.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/30/senate-rejects-gop-proposal-ban-earmarks/
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Gee, I wonder why THIS isn't getting shouted from the rooftops over at the NYT building?
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From the article:
President Obama supports a ban as well, but hasn't fought them in the past two years.
This is an AP article, but I can't help but quote one sentence and comment:
No, you ****ing morons. President Obama said he supports a ban [on earmarks]. But what he does is something else altogether.
Asshats.
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Obama hasn't done anything in the last two years. ::)
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Wow what a shocker. Be still my heart.
::)
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:banghead: They really do not get it up there in DC
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Okay, Obumbles, you say you're against earmarks.
Prove it. Veto any spending bill with earmarks in them.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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Obama hasn't done anything in the last two years. ::)
He's played golf, some basketball and gone on vacations from playing those sports. :-)
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He's played golf, some basketball and gone on vacations from playing those sports. :-)
You forgot spending time on a gurney because he got elbowed in the chops and bled a little bit.
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What are the names and constituencies of the RINOs? Need to program the targetting computer for Primary Season of 2012.
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What are the names and constituencies of the RINOs? Need to program the targetting computer for Primary Season of 2012.
The eight Republicans in opposition were Sens. Bob Bennett of Utah, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Susan Collins of Maine, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Dick Lugar of Indiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Richard Shelby of Alabama and George Voinovich of Ohio. Bennett, Cochran, Murkowski, Shelby and Voinovich all serve on the Appropriations Committee.
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At least Bennett is on his way out.
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Inhofe is supposedly retiring. He keeps babbling about earmarks being "Constitutionally mandated" as his reasoning.
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You forgot spending time on a gurney because he got elbowed in the chops and bled a little bit.
:rotf:
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Bob Bennett of Utah.....GONE in January
Thad Cochran of Mississippi.....hold fire: due up in 2014
Susan Collins of Maine.....hold fire: due up in 2014
Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma.....hold fire: due up in 2014 (resignation rumor)
Dick Lugar of Indiana.....TARGET LOCKED
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.....hold fire: due up in 2016 dangit
Richard Shelby of Alabama.....hold fire: due up in 2016 dangit
George Voinovich of Ohio.....GONE in January
Most of them think they're safe because they're in their seats beyond 2012. We must not lose our memories.
Dare a n00b such as myself suggest the establishment of a running CC RINO hunt list for both houses, so that we who can support primary challenges either personally of financially can start planning where to do it?
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Bob Bennett of Utah.....GONE in January
Thad Cochran of Mississippi.....hold fire: due up in 2014
Susan Collins of Maine.....hold fire: due up in 2014
Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma.....hold fire: due up in 2014 (resignation rumor)
Dick Lugar of Indiana.....TARGET LOCKED
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.....hold fire: due up in 2016 dangit
Richard Shelby of Alabama.....hold fire: due up in 2016 dangit
George Voinovich of Ohio.....GONE in January
Most of them think they're safe because they're in their seats beyond 2012. We must not lose our memories.
Dare a n00b such as myself suggest the establishment of a running CC RINO hunt list for both houses, so that we who can support primary challenges either personally of financially can start planning where to do it?
Great post! H5! :cheersmate:
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Back Atcha.
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Another thing besides earmarks is that these congress critters need to write these damn bills themselves. Tired of 3rd party (lobbyist) writing our laws.
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Another thing besides earmarks is that these congress critters need to write these damn bills themselves. Tired of 3rd party (lobbyist) writing our laws.
Exactly. They should "take the time to read" them as well.
Look at the "stimulus" bill. That hunk of junk was written by the Apollo Alliance.