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"A top House Democrat has issued an ultimatum to Republicans with the potential for political sting: Withdraw earmarks seeking millions of taxpayer dollars for pet projects or be prepared to stand behind them."
"Republican leaders acknowledged that 10 to 20 of their members have not withdrawn their requests . And several GOP lawmakers do not agree with the moratorium , complicating the party's effort to portray itself as a force against wasteful spending."
"Four Republican lawmakers have publicly said they will not comply with the moratorium. That group includes a senior member of Oberstar's committee, Rep. Don Young (Alaska). The others are Reps. Anh "Joseph" Cao (La.), Henry E. Brown Jr. (S.C.) and Ron Paul (Tex.).
Young and Paul were the first to submit earmark requests in violation of the moratorium, followed by freshman Cao."
Yes, Ron Paul is a republican. None are to be trusted.
Do you have a list of Democrat earmarks in the Stimulus plan? You would surely be embarrassed if you did. I thought it was very interesting that they got all theirs on that bill that only they voted for and then they passed that no earmark thing. You just look at what they did on that stimulus thing. Both parties got all kinds of goodies on it, but only Dems voted for it.
Do you have a list of Democrat earmarks in the Stimulus plan? You would surely be embarrassed if you did. I thought it was very interesting that they got all theirs on that bill that only they voted for and then they passed that no earmark thing. You just look at what they did on that stimulus thing. Both parties got all kinds of goodies on it, but only Dems voted for it.
I never said Dems were fiscally conservative or didn't "eat pork"..Republicans, especially those like Ron Paul claim not covet the pork that they refuse to give up.
"A top House Democrat has issued an ultimatum to Republicans with the potential for political sting: Withdraw earmarks seeking millions of taxpayer dollars for pet projects or be prepared to stand behind them."
"Republican leaders acknowledged that 10 to 20 of their members have not withdrawn their requests . And several GOP lawmakers do not agree with the moratorium , complicating the party's effort to portray itself as a force against wasteful spending."
"Four Republican lawmakers have publicly said they will not comply with the moratorium. That group includes a senior member of Oberstar's committee, Rep. Don Young (Alaska). The others are Reps. Anh "Joseph" Cao (La.), Henry E. Brown Jr. (S.C.) and Ron Paul (Tex.).
Young and Paul were the first to submit earmark requests in violation of the moratorium, followed by freshman Cao."
Not Ron Paul
If we cannot get them all to eliminate all earmarks, then how about we limit them to two earmarks per year? Anything is better then the Omnibus bill 0bama signed last year that had 10,000 earmarks in it.
"And, absolutely, we need earmark reform. And when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."
0bama, January 2009 - "We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review."
Too bad 0bama lacked the leadership to follow thru on this grandiose statement. And he used his best "Let me be clear" voice too; such a shame <snif>
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