The leader of the pack....
Posted on 06/14/2007 6:13:53 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
When the Democrats took over the House of Representatives, one of first statements out of the mouth of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (and other Democrats) was that this new Congress would be the “most ethical ever.” Now, it seems that they are changing their tune in their zeal to keep their pet pork projects away from the eyes of the American people.
As noted in the Washington Times, Democrat leaders in the House are reversing the work of Republicans regarding what is known as “earmark reform.” The 2006 legislation would:
allow lawmakers to vote on individual earmarks, specific funding requests attached to larger bills that often are called “pork” — a process Democrats have said they will not use as Congress considers the 12 annual spending bills.
Despite efforts by the Democrats to keep spending on pork projects hidden from public debate, House Minority Leader John Boehner and other GOP leaders are seeking to actually move Congress in a more ethical direction. Boehner introduced a resolution on Tuesday that would “force the Democratic leadership in the House to restore Republican earmark reforms enacted last year.”
In a statement released by Boehner’s office, the Republican leader notes that “Democrats, led by Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI), have gutted those earmark reforms this year, refusing to allow members to challenge potentially wasteful spending on the House floor and instead setting up multi-billion dollar slush funds for secret earmarks.”
Boehner said:
“The leaders of the current majority are seeking to avoid the real transparency and accountability we instituted last year. They’ve traded earmark transparency for earmark secrecy, and American taxpayers deserve better.
“The earmark process outlined yesterday by Mr. Obey is a sham. Democrats are keeping earmark requests secret until after the House has considered appropriations spending bills, preventing us from debating earmarks on the House floor and subjecting them to scrutiny. They want the House to approve massive slush funds for secret earmarks — billions of dollars for whatever Rep. Obey and his colleagues to spend as they see fit. This isn’t transparent. This isn’t accountable. It is outrageous, and Republicans are going to fight it on behalf of American taxpayers.”
The American people made it clear in the last election that they want to clear up corruption. They are sick and tired of politics as usual. This issue is a winning one for Republicans if they can stick to their guns and return to being the party of reform. Republicans have a lot of work to do to restore the faith that the American people bestowed upon them when they were elected to lead during the 1990s and early 2000s. There is no better time than now to start.
Ethical Democrat = oxymoron. To be fair and balanced, ethical politician = oxymoron.
This is a big to suprise to the self-styled “moderates” that got the dims elected... and to no one else.
If they eventually do pass “Shamnesty”, then Congress will really be in trouble along with the entire country!
Our Age of Cynicism — Blame Bush.
By Rich Lowry
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In the 1930s, the Empire State Building was built in 410 days.
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The best thing that might have happened to Republicans lately is their loss of Congress, which means that Democrats have gone from attacking a spectacularly unpopular Congress to running a spectacularly unpopular Congress. Congratulations!
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTZkYWMxODU1ZDg5YTIzMTcwMjZkMWQ0MWNlZTk4YTk=
Ethical? Is there such a thing in the same sentence as “Congress”?
One of the few EX- Marines in history. He, Kennedy and a few others are strong arguments FOR term limits.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, but liberal power not only corrupts, it turns truth into lies, and lies into truth, makes good evil, and evil good, who makes man God and God nonexistent, and whose thoughts are continually evil.
And bad is good, and good is bad. Situational ethics is the M.O. of the day. Hello “1984”. Big Brother no longer pretends to hear you, but you’d better listen to him!
bump
So simple even a “caveman” could understand. ;-)
dimoRAT motto: “Do as I say, not as I do.”
I figure Reid is probably retained by the enemies of our country... I have had way to much to drink but I am still an American, which Reid and peeeelosi are not....when will America realize these people are working for our enemies.....
For those of you who have adult beverages I am tanked....I hate what the democrats are trying to do to our country, and as Robin Hood plays in tne background, On TCM, I must admit If I woke up tomorroiw and found that peeelousiy and reid were gone, I would light candles of thanks.....
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