Taxpayers for Common Sense released a database Monday of the 8,570 earmarks, totaling $7.7 billion, in the FY09 omnibus spending bill.
Remember all that talk last week about Republicans “learning the error of their ways” and promising to embrace fiscal responsibility? Well, it seems six of the ten biggest recepients of earmarks just happen to be Republicans.
Perhaps a Republican will insert an earmark using taxpayer money to build a “Museum of Empty Promises.” They could enshrine “we’ll cut spending if you just put us back in power” next to Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton’s “she meant nothing, it’ll never happen again.”
SENATOR EARMARK $$ Byrd (D-WV) $122,804,900 Shelby (R-AL) $114,484,250 Bond (R-MO) $85,691,491 Feinstein (D-CA) $76,899,425 Cochran (R-MS) $75,908,475 Murkowski (R-AK) $74,000,750 Harkin (D-IA) $66,860,000 Inhofe (R-OK) $53,133,500 McConnell (R-KY) $51,186,000 Inouye (D-HI) $46,380,205
This web-log calls for the repeal of the 17th Amendment and addresses the hegemony committed by the US Senate. The first significant step to remove the domination and unmistakable corruption deriving from the National Government and the restoration of the Federal is to repeal the 17th Amendment. Americans should fear the steady hegemonic growth by the Senate oligarchy because the US Constitution cannot be spoiled by bombs, the courts, or the President, but only through malevolent legislation.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Six of the top ten Senate ‘porkers’ are Republican
Six of the top ten Senate ‘porkers’ are Republican; SmallGovTimes
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Does it make sense to blame senators for earmarks against which they voted?
JohnJ
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