The VA has a bunch of extra land in West LA (i.e., Hollywood) that they would like to sell, using the profit (possibly as much as $4 billion) for VA programs. Feinstein stuck an earmark on the military construction and veterans affairs bill, preventing the VA from selling the land (since her rich constituents such as Sly Stallone use the parklike land as their private preserve, and my God, we can’t upset Sly, can we?). But the VA, needless to say, could really, really use $4B. When Jim DeMent offered an amendment to strip Feinstein’s earmark from the bill, Boxer got her panties in a wad and threatened to strip DeMent’s earmarks in turn. Now nobody has the, uh, cajones to attack this ridiculous earmark. Our Senators in action, God love ‘em.
Well, in this case, that’s just too you know what for old Sly.