The Christmas tree bill

[Mr.Fitnah]

It is disgusting the Obama middle class tax cut has become a giant spending bill.

 

[WillowTree]

It is disgusting the Obama middle class tax cut has become a giant spending bill.

demonRats have no honor. none. nada. zit. zilch!

 

[Common Sense]

It is disgusting the Obama middle class tax cut has become a giant spending bill.

demonRats have no honor. none. nada. zit. zilch!

i thought this was the republican bill? are they the ones who brokered this and got basically everything they wanted?

 

[Sallow]

It is disgusting the Obama middle class tax cut has become a giant spending bill.

demonRats have no honor. none. nada. zit. zilch!

i thought this was the republican bill? are they the ones who brokered this and got basically everything they wanted?

Well yeah..

But this is yet another chance to rail against President Obama.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

And on top of shitting all over Obamas tax cut bill the senate is out of control again

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.

DRUDGE: THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS

 

[Common Sense]

And on top of shitting all over Obamas tax cut bill the senate is out of control again

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.

DRUDGE: THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS

i wonder who got each earmark, whether dem or repub. thats the list id like to see

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Who cares?
Politcal hacks, thats who.

 

[Common Sense]

Who cares?
Politcal hacks, thats who.

no it will just go to show whos looking for handout and whos not. thus who should be voted out.

 

[Sallow]

And on top of shitting all over Obamas tax cut bill the senate is out of control again

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.

DRUDGE: THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS

i wonder who got each earmark, whether dem or repub. thats the list id like to see

Really..what does it matter. Earmarks don't cost money..Federal funding of states does.

Should the government stop the funding?

That sort of makes no sense.

 

[Common Sense]

And on top of shitting all over Obamas tax cut bill the senate is out of control again

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.

DRUDGE: THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS

i wonder who got each earmark, whether dem or repub. thats the list id like to see

Really..what does it matter. Earmarks don't cost money..Federal funding of states does.

Should the government stop the funding?

That sort of makes no sense.

the reason im wondering is because of the republican mantra of "cutting spending" and such. if any repub got an earmark they have already gone back on their campaign promise and people should know that.

 

[bodecea]

demonRats have no honor. none. nada. zit. zilch!

i thought this was the republican bill? are they the ones who brokered this and got basically everything they wanted?

Well yeah..

But this is yet another chance to rail against President Obama.

Apparently Twinkie-gate didn't generate enough outrage.

 

[Sallow]

i wonder who got each earmark, whether dem or repub. thats the list id like to see

Really..what does it matter. Earmarks don't cost money..Federal funding of states does.

Should the government stop the funding?

That sort of makes no sense.

the reason im wondering is because of the republican mantra of "cutting spending" and such. if any repub got an earmark they have already gone back on their campaign promise and people should know that.

Well yeah. But it's a confusing argument because it makes people think that somehow by "cutting" earmarks the spending goes away. It doesn't. It's like when Palin was campaigning about the whole "Bridge to Nowhere" hooey. They still spend the money..only the bridge didn't get built. And it was part of a larger project which did get completed..only without the bridge. So now Alaska has a road which terminates by a river with no bridge across it.

Excellent.

 

[Common Sense]

Really..what does it matter. Earmarks don't cost money..Federal funding of states does.

Should the government stop the funding?

That sort of makes no sense.

the reason im wondering is because of the republican mantra of "cutting spending" and such. if any repub got an earmark they have already gone back on their campaign promise and people should know that.

Well yeah. But it's a confusing argument because it makes people think that somehow by "cutting" earmarks the spending goes away. It doesn't. It's like when Palin was campaigning about the whole "Bridge to Nowhere" hooey. They still spend the money..only the bridge didn't get built. And it was part of a larger project which did get completed..only without the bridge. So now Alaska has a road which terminates by a river with no bridge across it.

Excellent.

i agree. simply cutting our earmarks wont put a dent in the budget. but republicans like to call earmarks "wasteful spending" and this would be a good way to see whos doing a little political double speak.

 

[strollingbones]

Really..what does it matter. Earmarks don't cost money..Federal funding of states does.

Should the government stop the funding?

That sort of makes no sense.

the reason im wondering is because of the republican mantra of "cutting spending" and such. if any repub got an earmark they have already gone back on their campaign promise and people should know that.

Well yeah. But it's a confusing argument because it makes people think that somehow by "cutting" earmarks the spending goes away. It doesn't. It's like when Palin was campaigning about the whole "Bridge to Nowhere" hooey. They still spend the money..only the bridge didn't get built. And it was part of a larger project which did get completed..only without the bridge. So now Alaska has a road which terminates by a river with no bridge across it.

Excellent.

we have a road to nowhere in wnc...isnt life grand


The Story Of "The Road To Nowhere!"

 

[ShaklesOfBigGov]

Really..what does it matter. Earmarks don't cost money..Federal funding of states does.

Should the government stop the funding?

That sort of makes no sense.

the reason im wondering is because of the republican mantra of "cutting spending" and such. if any repub got an earmark they have already gone back on their campaign promise and people should know that.

Well yeah. But it's a confusing argument because it makes people think that somehow by "cutting" earmarks the spending goes away. It doesn't. It's like when Palin was campaigning about the whole "Bridge to Nowhere" hooey. They still spend the money..only the bridge didn't get built. And it was part of a larger project which did get completed..only without the bridge. So now Alaska has a road which terminates by a river with no bridge across it.

Excellent.

Any "earmark" that used as a means to try and justify additional "PORK" spending towards specific state, should have that amount of additional Federal funding ("pork") PULLED from the bill. It's that simple. We need to turn off the spiket of additional Congressional spending, and reduce the SIZE and wasted programs under our Federal Government if we are ever going to reduce our deficit. Raising taxes on one particular "class" of individuals, is allowing the American people [especially the wealthy] to become an "enabler" towards the Congressional "addicts" out-of-control spending.

It's time to remove the needle and stop this administration's next big "FIX".