House creates fund to bypass their earmark promises

[Truthmatters]

Mysterious fund allows Congress to spend freely, despite earmark ban - CNN



Under the cloak of a mysteriously-named "Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund," Congress has been squirreling away money -- like $9 million for "future undersea capabilities development," $19 million for "Navy ship preliminary design and feasibility studies," and more than $30 million for a "corrosion prevention program."



Roughly $1 billion was quietly transferred from projects listed in the president's defense budget and placed into the "transfer fund." This fund, which wasn't in previous year's defense budgets (when earmarks were permitted), served as a piggy bank from which committee members were able to take money to cover the cost of programs introduced by their amendments.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Mysterious fund allows Congress to spend freely, despite earmark ban - CNN



Under the cloak of a mysteriously-named "Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund," Congress has been squirreling away money -- like $9 million for "future undersea capabilities development," $19 million for "Navy ship preliminary design and feasibility studies," and more than $30 million for a "corrosion prevention program."



Roughly $1 billion was quietly transferred from projects listed in the president's defense budget and placed into the "transfer fund." This fund, which wasn't in previous year's defense budgets (when earmarks were permitted), served as a piggy bank from which committee members were able to take money to cover the cost of programs introduced by their amendments.

Politics...SHIT!!!!!

 

[Truthmatters]

they are scaming the right wing voters once again

 

[Trakar]

they are scaming the right wing voters once again

Kinda what all politicians are best at, largely regardless of which party they claim to represent

 

[eflatminor]

Once again demonstrating the need to oust from office the big spenders from both parties. It's not what they spend it on, it's that they're spending what we don't have. Electoral upheaval of unprecedented proportions in 2012, 14, 16...they'll get it eventually.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Mysterious fund allows Congress to spend freely, despite earmark ban - CNN



Under the cloak of a mysteriously-named "Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund," Congress has been squirreling away money -- like $9 million for "future undersea capabilities development," $19 million for "Navy ship preliminary design and feasibility studies," and more than $30 million for a "corrosion prevention program."



Roughly $1 billion was quietly transferred from projects listed in the president's defense budget and placed into the "transfer fund." This fund, which wasn't in previous year's defense budgets (when earmarks were permitted), served as a piggy bank from which committee members were able to take money to cover the cost of programs introduced by their amendments.

That does not sound like a fund to bypass earmarks, it sounds like a collection of earmarks.

 

[Truthmatters]

they are scamming you.

When will you learn?

 

[hjmick]

Yeah, they're scamming you, when will you learn? Only the Republicans do this!

 

[Quantum Windbag]

they are scamming you.

When will you learn?

That was funny. When will you start posting about the Democratic scams, like the fact that the only budget on the table right now comes from the Republicans?

 

[Two Thumbs]

they are scaming the right wing voters once again

and you on the left.

CNN listed 3 spenders, 2 were (D)'s

 

[Two Thumbs]

Well this just makes it more and more clear.

We need to set aside our social agendas and elect people that know thier jobs are dependant on decreasing spending so the debt comes downs.


Hopefully, this is less than what would have been spent had the earmarks not been ousted.

 

[daveman]

Whoever shuffled money into that needs to be unemployed next election.