Obey Pulling One Over on Taxpayers - U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum

SamInTheSouth · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007

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As the House begins to consider the FY 2008 appropriations bills today, the Democratic Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, David Obey (WI-D), is attempting to pull off the Great Earmark Hoax of 2007.

The notorious Pork Meister is sending the appropriations bills to the House floor earmark free, preventing fiscally responsible congressmen from introducing amendments to strip the bills of outrageous pork projects. Instead, all earmarks will be slipped into the conference report, making it impossible for lawmakers to challenge them because House-Senate compromise bills can’t be amended.

Obey claims this maneuvering has nothing to do with politics, but the overflow of earmark requests flooding congressional offices.

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Just another example of hypocrisy from the "Most Ethical Congress in History"

liberty1776 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007

This is awful. The truly bad thing about all of this is that he will probably be elected. The colonists who fought in the revolution were upset over something that can't even hold a candle to this. Where the hell have the true Americans gone? How much more are we going to take?

ViolaLee · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007

Do you support Feingold and Feinstein, McCain and Coburn's earmark reform?

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Ridding the budget process of abusive earmarks has a number of backers in Congress — among the most vociferous are Republicans Tom Coburn, the freshman senator from Oklahoma and John McCain, and Democrats Russ Feingold and Diane Feinstein. McCain, Feingold and Coburn are among the members sponsoring the "Pork-Barrel Reduction Act " which "would allow senators to raise points of order against special projects, or earmarks, that are attached to spending bills without having been approved by the relevant committee. Under the procedure, which also applies to policy changes embedded in spending bills, 60 votes would be needed to override the point of order and keep the provision in the bill."

Do you support Fred Thompson, the career lobbyist for President if you are so against earmarks and pork?

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According to THE WASHINGTON POST, "annual fees paid to registered lobbyists reached $2.1 billion in 2004...a 40 percent increase from 1999. For 2005, lobbying revenue is on pace to rise by at least $300 million." THE HILL reported in January 2006, that "PoliticalMoneyLine, which tracks lobbying spending, reported this week that companies and other special interests spent $1.16 billion to lobby Congress and federal agencies during the first part of last year." It was a new six-month record for lobbying spending.

As Joe Biden said in the last Dem debate, the way to get rid of earmarks and pork is to stop lobbyists from paying off the congress!

NOW. Politics & Economy. Money and Politics. Earmarks, Pork and Federal Budgets | PBS

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