Posted on 09/14/2005 8:40:35 AM PDT by madconservative
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an "ongoing victory," and said there is simply no fat left to cut in the federal budget. Mr. DeLay was defending Republicans' choice to borrow money and add to this year's expected $331 billion deficit to pay for Hurricane Katrina relief. Some Republicans have said Congress should make cuts in other areas, but Mr. DeLay said that doesn't seem possible. "My answer to those that want to offset the spending is sure, bring me the offsets, I'll be glad to do it. But nobody has been able to come up with any yet," the Texas Republican told reporters at his weekly briefing. Asked if that meant the government was running at peak efficiency, Mr. DeLay said, "Yes, after 11 years of Republican majority we've pared it down pretty good." Congress has passed two hurricane relief bills totaling $62.3 billion, all of which will be added to the deficit.
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There are no conservatives left in congress.
rofl I guess the bridge to nowhere in alaska is an important public work....
Is this a joke? Somebody tell me.Is this a joke????
Clearly, no one has audited Ted Kennedy's entertainment budget in a long, long, time...the food and beverage budget alone would pay for the War on Terror.
They still pay Ted Kennedy don't they?
That's a heck of a lot of lard.
Eleven voted against the NO billions give away.
I like Tom DeLay, but this is absurd.
They're getting paychecks right?
They can cut THAT out.
Cut their pensions, they're millionaires in their own right anyway.
More money saved.
Put them in a dormitory with a dining facility and NO MORE junkets.
More money saved.
Get busy.
Every once in a while someone posts an itemized list of pork barrel expenditures. If the list can be found, then please post so that we can send it to Delay.
Each and every congressman and senator need to be removed from office and never allowed to hold an elected position again.
He's drunk? He's on drugs? He has a brain tumor? He hasn't slept for six days? Someone get that man to a doctor, quick!
Sadly, Delay is an idiot.
Sounds a lot like that other idiot David Drier that calles Hugh Hewett's show out here in California.
In 1994 when I helped Newt re-take the congress, I never thought it would be like this 10 years later.
"There are no conservatives left in congress."
You saying this is part of the problem.There are Conservatives in Congress!! and you not supporting them is the reason they have limited power.
Pence
Flake
Feeney
Shadegg
Barrett
King
Akin
DeMint
Coburn
ETC ETC
Plenty of fat in DeLay's head, tho'.
I guess that explains why the federal budget is so much lower than it was before the Republicans gained a majority 11 years ago. Good job, All! Guess Jim can shut down Freerepublic now. Mission accomplished.
You got it in first. My thoughts exactly.
It must be a joke. Is it April 1st so soon?
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