After voting for ObamaCare, Stupak wants $578 million in pork
By: David Freddoso
Online Opinion Editor
03/26/10 12:30 PM EDT
From the Sunlight Foundation, further suggestions of ObamaCares additional off-book costs the pork it took to secure votes for passage:
A day after Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and ten other House members compromised on their pro-life position to deliver the necessary yes-votes to pass health care reform, the Stupak 11″ released their fiscal year 2011 earmark requests, which total more than $4.7 billionan average of $429 million worth of earmark requests for each lawmaker.
Of the eight lawmakers whose 2010 requests were available for comparison, five requested more money this week than they did a year ago: Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Pa., Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Ohio
Stupak requested more than $578 million in earmarks, including $125 million for a replacement lock on the Sault Ste. Marie, $25.6 million to build a federal courthouse in Marquette, Mich., $15 million to repaint the Mackinac Bridge and $800,000 to preserve the Quincy Mining Company smelter near Hancock in Michigans Upper Peninsula.
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By: David Freddoso
Online Opinion Editor
03/26/10 12:30 PM EDT
From the Sunlight Foundation, further suggestions of ObamaCares additional off-book costs the pork it took to secure votes for passage:
A day after Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and ten other House members compromised on their pro-life position to deliver the necessary yes-votes to pass health care reform, the Stupak 11″ released their fiscal year 2011 earmark requests, which total more than $4.7 billionan average of $429 million worth of earmark requests for each lawmaker.
Of the eight lawmakers whose 2010 requests were available for comparison, five requested more money this week than they did a year ago: Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Pa., Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Ohio
Stupak requested more than $578 million in earmarks, including $125 million for a replacement lock on the Sault Ste. Marie, $25.6 million to build a federal courthouse in Marquette, Mich., $15 million to repaint the Mackinac Bridge and $800,000 to preserve the Quincy Mining Company smelter near Hancock in Michigans Upper Peninsula.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: After voting for ObamaCare, Stupak wants $578 million in pork | Washington Examiner