[Paperdoll]

Sound bites put together are nothing but spin, and your posts on Hunter are pure spin. We are aware of the incidents, but we are also aware of the truth, which was NOT represented in those sound bites.

You must be a Ron Paul supporter. Every good patriot knows and reveres the Constitution, and Duncan Hunter is no exception, believe me.

Re-read my #62.

[ravingnutter]

Oh good grief...now you've gone and done it. Don't EVER call me a Ron Paul supporter. Ugh! And you are wrong about Hunter and the Constitution because he doesn't know the difference between Congressional Authorization and Appropriation. The Constitution says:

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

Hunter's insinuations that the fence has been funded are WRONG and that is no spin. Here are excerpts from a recent article in response to Hunter's claim that the border fence funding is available...

DHS Spokeswoman Laura Keehner's comment:

While the Secure Fence Act has authorized more miles, “there is a difference between authorization and appropriations,” she said.

Hunter spokesman Joe Kaspar's response:

“Hunter believes laws are meant to be followed” and “the money is there.”

Source

It is also a fact that Congress withheld $950M of the $1.2B previously appropriated for the fence:

The fence law dictates that in Texas a fence would stretch east out of El Paso; from Del Rio to Eagle Pass and Laredo to Brownsville, leaving a huge gap between Del Rio and Laredo. It also sets out locations in California and calls for fencing off the Arizona border from Mexico. Though the total fencing was believed to be about 700 miles, congressional researchers say it is closer to about 850 miles.

A separate law funding Homeland Security Department spending provided $1.2 billion for the fencing. But that law also withholds $950 million of the sum until the House and Senate appropriations committees approve the department's plan for spending the money, giving those committees say over the design, location and length of the fence.

Source

So there you have it, with no spin. If he doesn't know the difference between authorization and appropriation then he doesn't understand the Constitution as well as you think he does.