«--Previous Post | Blog Index | Next Post--»
Clinton Stuns With $2.3B in 2009 Earmark Requests
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year.
The Democratic presidential candidate's staggering request comes at a time when Congress remains engaged in a heated debate over spending federal dollars on parochial projects.
It also has gained traction on the campaign trail. Presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), a longtime foe of earmarks, has called for eliminating what he dubs "wasteful Washington spending." Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) has spurned earmarks, seeking no funds for pet projects in the upcoming fiscal year.
Particularly odd because in March, when anti-earmark sentiment was gaining traction, Clinton co-sponsored an amendment that would have banned earmarks for one year.
I've said all I'm going to say on this topic already. Find that here.
Comments
Clinton, I mean bush-lite, is back at it again.
I don't expect any politician to be "pure" to an expressed position, but this is FUBAR timing.
Posted by: Egalitare on 04/29/08 at 1:22 PM Respond
When will someone come out and say what is needed?
End earmarks 100%
Term limits (3 terms rep, 2 terms senate)
End signing statements
And anyone who works for congress or executive must be out of office for as long as they were in office before they can lobby.
Who's with me?!?!?
Posted by: kirkbrew on 04/30/08 at 6:56 AM Respond
Count me in, kirkbrew. Although we're up against a monstrous system. I just read yesterday that they've made e. coli smell like spearmint. But can they make government smell any less shitty? I wonder.
Posted by: Paul Miller on 04/30/08 at 7:52 AM Respond
I think I'd start by making Congresspersons actually READ the bills they vote on, and also give citizens and public interest groups a chance to see what's being voted on, and comment before they're allowed to vote.
I also like the bill that's been proposed that requires Congress to cite the part of the Constitution that gives them the authority to do whatever any bill seeks to do.
They ALL act like "it's just a God Damned piece of Paper"!
Posted by: Say What? on 04/30/08 at 11:37 AM Respond
ARCHIVE
April 20, 2008 - April 26, 2008
April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008
April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008
March 30, 2008 - April 5, 2008
March 23, 2008 - March 29, 2008
March 16, 2008 - March 22, 2008
March 9, 2008 - March 15, 2008
February 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008
February 17, 2008 - February 23, 2008
February 10, 2008 - February 16, 2008
February 3, 2008 - February 9, 2008
January 27, 2008 - February 2, 2008
January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008
January 13, 2008 - January 19, 2008
January 6, 2008 - January 12, 2008
December 30, 2007 - January 5, 2008
December 23, 2007 - December 29, 2007
December 16, 2007 - December 22, 2007
December 9, 2007 - December 15, 2007
December 2, 2007 - December 8, 2007
November 25, 2007 - December 1, 2007
November 18, 2007 - November 24, 2007
November 11, 2007 - November 17, 2007
November 4, 2007 - November 10, 2007
October 28, 2007 - November 3, 2007
October 21, 2007 - October 27, 2007
October 14, 2007 - October 20, 2007
October 7, 2007 - October 13, 2007
September 30, 2007 - October 6, 2007
September 23, 2007 - September 29, 2007
September 16, 2007 - September 22, 2007
September 9, 2007 - September 15, 2007
September 2, 2007 - September 8, 2007
RECENT COMMENTS
Obama: Wright is "Wrong" and His Statements Contradict "My Public Life" (38)
Jeanna wrote:
Rev Wright has indeed afflicted the comfortable.
Unfortuna...
[more]
Rev. Wright: A Neverending Cross for Obama To Bear (58)
lynn wrote:
I too wonder why it seems to be a unspoken rule to label a...
[more]
Another Prominent Republican Screwing With the Democrats (6)
Doris wrote:
Kristol is a NeoCon. A Zionist of the worse sort. This jus...
[more]
Freedom's Watch Finds Its Inner Mother Theresa (1)
Rebecca wrote:
Laura dear, you forget to mention that Adelson with 28 bil...
[more]
John McCain's Miserable Record on Hurricane Katrina (20)
Shari B wrote:
Thank you Barry for shining a light on the Katrina situati...
[more]
Freedom's Watch Attacks Nancy Pelosi -- for High Gas Prices? (3)
Nancy wrote:
It's Bush and his buddies's faults. He's attempting to bla...
[more]
McCain's Bizarre Undiscovered Foreign Policy Ideas (9)
Jim wrote:
The "insightful" Zakaria calls Iran and North Korea rogue ...
[more]
Hawks Try To Throw Mylroie Overboard (2)
lester wrote:
I remember watching the history channel and them talking ...
[more]
It's a Boondoggle: the Gas Tax Holiday (3)
BCM wrote:
That's ridiculous, Mitre. Compared to the other candidates...
[more]
Operation Orchard (7)
Jim wrote:
Given the agressiveness with which the US reacts in the fa...
[more]
Movable Type 3.33


Posted by: J on 04/29/08 at 12:17 PM Respond