I would recommend that the lefties might want to get the actual facts of this 'pork' before they get their asses handed to them.
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I would recommend that the lefties might want to get the actual facts of this 'pork' before they get their asses handed to them.
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I would recommend that the lefties might want to get the actual facts of this 'pork' before they get their asses handed to them.
I would recommend that the lefties might want to get the actual facts of this 'pork' before they get their asses handed to them.
very true, Cali Girl
Let's just watch and see if they realize.
* I'm also highly entertained that the OP links to a blog.
Republicans' ban on earmarks was short-lived - Politics - Capitol Hill - msnbc.comWASHINGTON Senate Republicans' ban on earmarks money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest was short-lived.
Only three days after GOP senators and senators-elect renounced earmarks, Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican, got himself a whopping $200 million to settle an Arizona Indian tribe's water rights claim against the government.
Kyl slipped the measure into a larger bill sought by President Barack Obama and passed by the Senate on Friday to settle claims by black farmers and American Indians against the federal government. Kyl's office insists the measure is not an earmark, and the House didn't deem it one when it considered a version earlier this year.
Republicans' ban on earmarks was short-lived - Politics - Capitol Hill - msnbc.comWASHINGTON Senate Republicans' ban on earmarks money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest was short-lived.
Only three days after GOP senators and senators-elect renounced earmarks, Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican, got himself a whopping $200 million to settle an Arizona Indian tribe's water rights claim against the government.
Kyl slipped the measure into a larger bill sought by President Barack Obama and passed by the Senate on Friday to settle claims by black farmers and American Indians against the federal government. Kyl's office insists the measure is not an earmark, and the House didn't deem it one when it considered a version earlier this year.
Whoa there. So this is money for a voluntary settlement or to satisfy a final judgment? Who authorized the settlement and amount, and in what case(s)? Authority to settle a lawsuit or choose not to appeal a judgment lies with the Executive, which is why the bills to pay them out are also almost always authored by the Executive.
If we're going after the facts, we need ALL the facts.
"You have to do these water settlements or allow the courts to simply award damages," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., perhaps the most anti-earmark member of Congress. "An earmark is something when an individual gets a goodie for their district outside of the regular legislative process."
Sen. Kyl Grabs $200 Million in Pork After No Earmarks Pledge | ChattahBox News Blog
(ChattahBox Political News)Republican lawmakers, anxious to appease tea party members and follow through with their campaign rhetoric to end earmarks, are now engaged in comical linguistic exercises to exempt their pork, as not earmarks under the official definition. The Associated Press reports that Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) did just that, by quietly adding $200 million in pork for his state to a recent bill funding the Pigford settlement for discrimination claims made by minority and Native Americans farmers against the federal government. But he had denounced earmarks, as wasteful spending just days earlier. And on his official website, Kyl asks, But, if legislators cant muster the will to eliminate a small portion of spending, how will they be able to make the bigger, more difficult decisions? Apparently, earmarks and pork are only wasteful when Democrats do it. And when Republicans add earmarks to bills, their pork somehow rises to the level of vitally important infrastructure projects, which magically dont fall under the official earmark definition. What an ingenious scam.
Earmark hypocrisy is nothing new for Kyl. Last year he raised holy hell about Democratic earmarks in the Stimulus bill, but the year before, he had requested that $118 million in pork be carved out from from the federal budget to be used for special projects for his state. <more>
From the MSNBC link Missourian posted:
I'm confused here. Is this a settlement formalized in the Courts and authorized by the Executive, or is Congress trying to usurp a power it granted to the Executive and "settle" the pending cases informally on their own? I'd love to see some case names to pull up court docs. It sounds like it could go either way, there's a lot of facts missing."You have to do these water settlements or allow the courts to simply award damages," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., perhaps the most anti-earmark member of Congress. "An earmark is something when an individual gets a goodie for their district outside of the regular legislative process."
From the MSNBC link Missourian posted:
I'm confused here. Is this a settlement formalized in the Courts and authorized by the Executive, or is Congress trying to usurp a power it granted to the Executive and "settle" the pending cases informally on their own? I'd love to see some case names to pull up court docs. It sounds like it could go either way, there's a lot of facts missing."You have to do these water settlements or allow the courts to simply award damages," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., perhaps the most anti-earmark member of Congress. "An earmark is something when an individual gets a goodie for their district outside of the regular legislative process."
All good questions...and I don't have any more answers than what is in the article.
But, for the purpose of this thread, those questions are irrelevant.
The attachment was 100% inline with the Senate Bill that was voted on.
Not an earmark, and nobody but the loony left is attempting to label it as such.
Republicans' ban on earmarks was short-lived - Politics - Capitol Hill - msnbc.comThe $200 million in Kyl's measure would be used to construct and maintain a drinking water project on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, including a dam, reservoir, treatment plant and delivery pipelines.
The water system is settlement compensation for numerous abuses by the federal government, which included clearing trees and other vegetation from thousands of acres of tribal lands in order to increase runoff into the Salt River, a source of water for the cities of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa and other communities. The tribe also would waive a half-dozen other claims against the government.
A top Democrat scornfully pointed out that the project is going to a state whose GOP lawmakers claim to oppose earmarks.
"I do know an earmark when I see it. And this, my friends, is an earmark," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in a prepared floor statement. He said Kyl's project would help the White Mountain Apaches "make snow at their ski resort, improve water flow to their casino and build fish hatcheries to improve local fish production."
Imagine that. The lefties are falling all over themselves to fuck American Indians out of some money.