Dick?
“The Constitution specifically gives Congress the power to appropriate federal funds,” Mazonkey said. “Earmarks don’t increase the federal budget; they direct funds within the budget for certain community projects or programs."
Huh?
These fools continually voting for Murtha deserve what they get.
Murtha, with those beady, close set eyes of his reminds me of a big, stupid cartoon bear...the emphasis is on “stupid”.
Dick's just funneling money to big lobbying interests while ignoring his actual constituents. The ones who keep sending him back to Washington even though he insults them and uses the influence their votes give him to pay back fatcat lobbyists.