A 2000 Page Omnibus Dem Spending Bill That No One Will Read...

[Two Thumbs]

Just shows you how ignorant and uncaring these Clowns are.

The country is broke.

Yet they keep appropriating money for their districts as though money grows on a tree.

If their district needs something. Let the taxpayers in that district pay for it.

Both parties are guilty big time. I'm sure all the earmarks in this bill aren't Dem.

Apparantly the words WE ARE BROKE does not compute in their feeble brains. Jeeze

It's like giving a spoiled child a no max credit card, again, and expecting them to be responsible "this time".

I Can Not Wait for the more fiscally conservatives to get in and get started.

 

[Meister]

yet will be forced to vote on. Hey thanks a lot Democrats. Another massive spending bill that no one will be given enough time to fully read and comprehend before voting on. Par for the course for this miserable Dem-Led Congress i guess. 2000 pages? Yikes! My God,what have they done to our U.S. Congress?

You mean like the 2000 page omnibus spending bills that pass every single year? Even when there's a Republican congress?

I can't take anyone seriously who gets "outraged" by things when the Dems do it, but don't seem to care when the Republicans do.

It bothers me when any party does it. It comes down to politics, and it shows that the politicians DO NOT listen to the American people of this country.
Politicans DO NOT work for the American people, the American people WORK for the politicians. This is all screwed up.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

DRUDGE: THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS

Sommeone is reading it

Washington, D.C. *– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) delivered the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“Mr. President, at 12:15 p.m. this afternoon, my office received a copy of the omnibus appropriations bill. It is 1,924 pages long and contains the funding for all 12 of the annual appropriations bills for a grand total of over $1.1 Trillion. It is important to note that the 1,924 pages is only the legislative language and does not include the thousands of pages of report language which contain the details of the billions of dollars in earmarks and, I’m sure, countless policy riders.

“While we continue to uncover which earmarks the appropriators decided to fund – thanks to a new online database – we at least know what earmarks were requested by Members and how much those projects would cost the American people if they were all funded. Taxpayers against Earmarks, WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatch.com and Taxpayers for Common Sense joined forces to create this database. According to the data they compiled – for fiscal year 2011 Members requested over 39,000 earmarks totaling over $130 billion. Absolutely disgraceful. I encourage every American to go to the website Taxpayers Against Earmarks | EndingSpending.com study it, and make yourselves aware of how your elected officials seek to spend your money.

“In the short time I’ve had to review this massive piece of legislation – I’ve identified approximately 6,488 earmarks totaling nearly $8.3 billion. Here is a small sample:

$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin
$246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in Michigan and Minnesota
$522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in New Jersey
$500,000 for oyster safety in Florida
$349,000 for swine waste management in North Carolina
$413,000 for peanut research in Alabama
$247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington
$208,000 beaver management in North Carolina
$94,000 for blackbird management in Louisiana
$165,000 for maple syrup research in Vermont
$235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada
$100,000 for the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage Visitor’s Center in New York
$300,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii
$400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas

“Additionally, the bill earmarks $727,000 to compensate ranchers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan whenever endangered wolves eat their cattle. As my colleagues know, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Gray Wolf program is under intense scrutiny for wasting millions of taxpayer dollars every year to ‘recover’ endangered wolves that are now overpopulating the West and Midwest. My State of Arizona has a similar wolf program but ranchers in my state aren’t getting $727,000 in this bill.

“Mr. President, I will have much more to say about this bill later this week. I assure my colleagues – we will spend a great deal of time talking about this bill and the outrageous number of earmarks it contains. But for now let me just say this: it is December 14th – we are 22 days away from the beginning of a new Congress and nearly three full months into fiscal year 2011 – and yet we have not debated a single spending bill or considered any amendments to cut costs or get our debt under control. Furthermore, the majority decided that they just didn’t feel like doing a budget this year. How is that responsible leadership?

“This is the ninth omnibus appropriations bill we have considered in this body since 2000. That is shameful and we should be embarrassed by the fact that we care so little about doing the people’s business that we continuously put off fulfilling our constitutional responsibilities until the very last minute.

“One thing is abundantly clear to me – that the majority has not learned the lessons of last month’s election. The American people could not have been more clear. They are tired of wasteful spending. They are tired of big government. They are tired of sweetheart deals for special interests. They are tired of business as usual in Washington. And they are tired of massive bills – just like this one - put together behind closed doors, and rammed through the Congress at the last moment so that no one has the opportunity to read them and no one really knows what kind of waste is in them.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

You mean like the 2000 page omnibus spending bills that pass every single year? Even when there's a Republican congress?

I can't take anyone seriously who gets "outraged" by things when the Dems do it, but don't seem to care when the Republicans do.

As if you are relevant.

Finally.

I've been waiting for almost 2 years now, and now I finally have my very own stalker troll!

YAY!

Trolls have trolls?

 

[Two Thumbs]

DRUDGE: THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS

Sommeone is reading it

Washington, D.C. *– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) delivered the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“Mr. President, at 12:15 p.m. this afternoon, my office received a copy of the omnibus appropriations bill. It is 1,924 pages long and contains the funding for all 12 of the annual appropriations bills for a grand total of over $1.1 Trillion. It is important to note that the 1,924 pages is only the legislative language and does not include the thousands of pages of report language which contain the details of the billions of dollars in earmarks and, I’m sure, countless policy riders.

“While we continue to uncover which earmarks the appropriators decided to fund – thanks to a new online database – we at least know what earmarks were requested by Members and how much those projects would cost the American people if they were all funded. Taxpayers against Earmarks, WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatch.com and Taxpayers for Common Sense joined forces to create this database. According to the data they compiled – for fiscal year 2011 Members requested over 39,000 earmarks totaling over $130 billion. Absolutely disgraceful. I encourage every American to go to the website Taxpayers Against Earmarks | EndingSpending.com study it, and make yourselves aware of how your elected officials seek to spend your money.

“In the short time I’ve had to review this massive piece of legislation – I’ve identified approximately 6,488 earmarks totaling nearly $8.3 billion. Here is a small sample:

$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin
$246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in Michigan and Minnesota
$522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in New Jersey
$500,000 for oyster safety in Florida
$349,000 for swine waste management in North Carolina
$413,000 for peanut research in Alabama
$247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington
$208,000 beaver management in North Carolina
$94,000 for blackbird management in Louisiana
$165,000 for maple syrup research in Vermont
$235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada
$100,000 for the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage Visitor’s Center in New York
$300,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii
$400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas

“Additionally, the bill earmarks $727,000 to compensate ranchers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan whenever endangered wolves eat their cattle. As my colleagues know, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Gray Wolf program is under intense scrutiny for wasting millions of taxpayer dollars every year to ‘recover’ endangered wolves that are now overpopulating the West and Midwest. My State of Arizona has a similar wolf program but ranchers in my state aren’t getting $727,000 in this bill.

“Mr. President, I will have much more to say about this bill later this week. I assure my colleagues – we will spend a great deal of time talking about this bill and the outrageous number of earmarks it contains. But for now let me just say this: it is December 14th – we are 22 days away from the beginning of a new Congress and nearly three full months into fiscal year 2011 – and yet we have not debated a single spending bill or considered any amendments to cut costs or get our debt under control. Furthermore, the majority decided that they just didn’t feel like doing a budget this year. How is that responsible leadership?

“This is the ninth omnibus appropriations bill we have considered in this body since 2000. That is shameful and we should be embarrassed by the fact that we care so little about doing the people’s business that we continuously put off fulfilling our constitutional responsibilities until the very last minute.

“One thing is abundantly clear to me – that the majority has not learned the lessons of last month’s election. The American people could not have been more clear. They are tired of wasteful spending. They are tired of big government. They are tired of sweetheart deals for special interests. They are tired of business as usual in Washington. And they are tired of massive bills – just like this one - put together behind closed doors, and rammed through the Congress at the last moment so that no one has the opportunity to read them and no one really knows what kind of waste is in them.

$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin let the state do it
$246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in Michigan and Minnesota states job
$522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in New Jersey good lord
$500,000 for oyster safety in Florida utter and complete bullshit
$349,000 for swine waste management in North Carolina to manage pig shit.
$413,000 for peanut research in Alabama Jimmy Carter? Is that you?
$247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington states job
$208,000 beaver management in North Carolina Are they talking about chicks in bikinis?
$94,000 for blackbird management in Louisiana It's called a shotgun
$165,000 for maple syrup research in Vermont good god, let a private company handle that.
$235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada dont go where the weed is.
$100,000 for the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage Visitor’s Center in New York states job
$300,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii let the Polynisians handle it.
$400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas private industry


all of that is little more than theft

And they will all be stunned when they don't get re-elected.

 

[midcan5]

Too too funny! Here’s a list of the Tea party Caucus earmarks

Aderholt (R-AL) – 69 – $78,263,000
Akin (R-MO) – 9 – $14,709,000
Alexander (R-LA) – 41 $65,395,000
Bachmann (R-MN) – 0 – 0
Barton (R-TX) -14 – $12,269,400
Bartlett (R-MD) – 19 – $43,060,650
Bilirakis (R-FL) – 14 – $13,600,000
R. Bishop (R-UT) – 47 – $93,980,000
Burgess (R-TX) – 15 – $15,804,400
Broun (R-GA) – 0 – 0
Burton (R-IN) – 0 – 0
Carter (R-TX) – 26 – $42,232,000
Coble (R-NC) – 19 – $18,755,000
Coffman (R-CO) – 0 – 0
Crenshaw (R-FL) – 37 – $54,424,000
Culberson (R-TX) – 22 – $33,792,000
Fleming (R-LA) – 10 – $31,489,000
Franks (R-AZ) – 8 – $14,300,000
Gingrey (R-GA) – 19 – $16,100,000
Gohmert (R-TX) – 15 – $7,099,000
S. Graves (R-MO) – 11 – $8,331,000
R. Hall (R-TX) – 16 – $12,232,000
Harper (R-MS) – 25 – $80,402,000
Herger (R-CA) – 5 – $5,946,000
Hoekstra (R-MI) – 9 – $6,392,000
Jenkins (R-KS) – 12 – $24,628,000
S. King (R-IA) – 13 – $6,650,000
Lamborn (R-CO) – 6 – $16,020,000
Luetkemeyer (R-MO) – 0 – 0
Lummis (R-WY) – 0 – 0
Marchant (R-TX) – 0 – 0
McClintock (R-CA) – 0 – 0
Gary Miller (R-CA) – 15 – $19,627,500
Jerry Moran (R-KS) – 22 – $19,400,000
Myrick (R-NC) – 0 – 0
Neugebauer (R-TX) – 0 – 0
Pence (R-IN) – 0 -0
Poe (R-TX) – 12 – $7,913,000
T. Price (R-GA) – 0 – 0
Rehberg (R-MT) – 88 – $100,514,200
Roe (R-TN) – 0 – 0
Royce (R-CA) – 7 – $6,545,000
Scalise (R-LA) – 20 – $17,388,000
P. Sessions (R-TX) – 0 – 0
Shadegg (R-AZ) – 0 – 0
Adrian Smith (R-NE) – 1 – $350,000
L. Smith (R-TX) – 18 – $14,078,000
Stearns (R-FL) – 17 – $15,472,000
Tiahrt (R-KS) – 39 – $63,400,000
Wamp (R-TN) – 14 – $34,544,000
Westmoreland (R-GA) – 0 – 0
Wilson (R-SC) – 15 – $23,334,000

TOTAL – 764 – $1,049,783,150

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/tea-party-caucus-takes-1-billion-earmarks/

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Why did they wait till the last minute to ram this awful monstrosity through? This is a real mess. The Democrats should be ashamed of themselves on this one. No one will have enough time to read these 2000 pages and they know that. This is the ultimate in dastardly dirty tricks.

 

[boedicca]

If Pelosi and Reid manage to shove this thing through, the very first action of the new GOP controlled House should be to void all of the earmarks and the $1B for ObamaCare.

 

[midcan5]

Whys is the pretend tea party not taking to the streets? Because maybe they are pretend?

 

[Intense]

The Democrat Omnibus Bill: 1924 pages, 6,488 earmarks, $1.27trillion equating to $575.13million per page and only 3 days to read and vote on it.

Just as news breaks that congress has received it's lowest approval rating in Gallup Polling history, 13%, with an 83% dissaproval rating, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid whips out a monsterous spending bill in similar fashion to the Obamacare bill.

Senator John Cornyn of Texas has previously criticized the Democratic majority for not passing budget resolutions and stated,"today we learn Senate Democrats now want to sandwich them together, totaling almost 2,000 pages, and jam them through in the waning moments of this lame duck session before anyone can read them. This political end-around reveals just how quickly my colleagues across the aisle have already forgotten the voters’ message in November.”

Senator John McCain gave a speech on the floor of the Senate pointing out the absurdity of the last minute bill and pointed out:

"One thing is abundantly clear to me – that the majority has not learned the lessons of last month’s election. The American people could not have been more clear. They are tired of wasteful spending. They are tired of big government. They are tired of sweetheart deals for special interests. They are tired of business as usual in Washington. And they are tired of massive bills – just like this one - put together behind closed doors, and rammed through the Congress at the last moment so that no one has the opportunity to read them and no one really knows what kind of waste is in them."
Dems still don't get it, introduce 1924 page spending bill with 6,488 earmarks - Dallas Political Buzz | Examiner.com

 

[SFC Ollie]

Hopefully, this too shall fail.....

 

[LibocalypseNow]

3 Days to read their 2,000 Page Nightmare. What a disgrace. Do the Democrats have any shame?

 

[SwordofDamocles]

Finally.

I've been waiting for almost 2 years now, and now I finally have my very own stalker troll!

YAY!

Nah, you finally have someone who you can't badger into submission, bitch.

Ah, the famous Internet Tough Guy.

LOL, looks like you found your long lost dad..hehehehehe.

 

[boedicca]

That's not his Dad, that's his Mom.

 

[SFC Ollie]

3 Days to read their 2,000 Page Nightmare. What a disgrace. Do the Democrats have any shame?

None.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Yea this is clearly a calculated move by the Democrats. They know Members will not have enough time to read their 2,000 Page Nightmare. This really is the lowest of the lows in Politics.

 

[Intense]

Whys is the pretend tea party not taking to the streets? Because maybe they are pretend?

Or Maybe it is not our time yet. Where are you on injustice? Where are you on the issue of spending beyond our means? We are all fed up with being had Midcan.

 

[Intense]

3 Days to read their 2,000 Page Nightmare. What a disgrace. Do the Democrats have any shame?

None.

Ollie, don't underestimate Progressive Statist Republican's supporting it either. We need a purging real bad.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Too too funny! Here’s a list of the Tea party Caucus earmarks

Aderholt (R-AL) – 69 – $78,263,000
Akin (R-MO) – 9 – $14,709,000
Alexander (R-LA) – 41 $65,395,000
Bachmann (R-MN) – 0 – 0
Barton (R-TX) -14 – $12,269,400
Bartlett (R-MD) – 19 – $43,060,650
Bilirakis (R-FL) – 14 – $13,600,000
R. Bishop (R-UT) – 47 – $93,980,000
Burgess (R-TX) – 15 – $15,804,400
Broun (R-GA) – 0 – 0
Burton (R-IN) – 0 – 0
Carter (R-TX) – 26 – $42,232,000
Coble (R-NC) – 19 – $18,755,000
Coffman (R-CO) – 0 – 0
Crenshaw (R-FL) – 37 – $54,424,000
Culberson (R-TX) – 22 – $33,792,000
Fleming (R-LA) – 10 – $31,489,000
Franks (R-AZ) – 8 – $14,300,000
Gingrey (R-GA) – 19 – $16,100,000
Gohmert (R-TX) – 15 – $7,099,000
S. Graves (R-MO) – 11 – $8,331,000
R. Hall (R-TX) – 16 – $12,232,000
Harper (R-MS) – 25 – $80,402,000
Herger (R-CA) – 5 – $5,946,000
Hoekstra (R-MI) – 9 – $6,392,000
Jenkins (R-KS) – 12 – $24,628,000
S. King (R-IA) – 13 – $6,650,000
Lamborn (R-CO) – 6 – $16,020,000
Luetkemeyer (R-MO) – 0 – 0
Lummis (R-WY) – 0 – 0
Marchant (R-TX) – 0 – 0
McClintock (R-CA) – 0 – 0
Gary Miller (R-CA) – 15 – $19,627,500
Jerry Moran (R-KS) – 22 – $19,400,000
Myrick (R-NC) – 0 – 0
Neugebauer (R-TX) – 0 – 0
Pence (R-IN) – 0 -0
Poe (R-TX) – 12 – $7,913,000
T. Price (R-GA) – 0 – 0
Rehberg (R-MT) – 88 – $100,514,200
Roe (R-TN) – 0 – 0
Royce (R-CA) – 7 – $6,545,000
Scalise (R-LA) – 20 – $17,388,000
P. Sessions (R-TX) – 0 – 0
Shadegg (R-AZ) – 0 – 0
Adrian Smith (R-NE) – 1 – $350,000
L. Smith (R-TX) – 18 – $14,078,000
Stearns (R-FL) – 17 – $15,472,000
Tiahrt (R-KS) – 39 – $63,400,000
Wamp (R-TN) – 14 – $34,544,000
Westmoreland (R-GA) – 0 – 0
Wilson (R-SC) – 15 – $23,334,000

TOTAL – 764 – $1,049,783,150

Tea Party Caucus takes $1 billion in earmarks | Raw Story

When do the Tea Party candidates get seated ?
Sometime in the past or sometime in the future?

 

[AmericanFirst]

yet will be forced to vote on. Hey thanks a lot Democrats. Another massive spending bill that no one will be given enough time to fully read and comprehend before voting on. Par for the course for this miserable Dem-Led Congress i guess. 2000 pages? Yikes! My God,what have they done to our U.S. Congress?

Typical dimwits. They know if anybody read it they will vote aginst it so they will do what they did with every other stupid bill they will force it through, idiots.