[MNJohnnie]

Point of fact. Stevens reacted that way to the fillibuster of the Anwar drilling bill. It had nothing to do with the "bridge to nowhere". Do you want to see Senator Stevens cry and stomp out of the Senate Well again because they threatened to take his bridges to nowhere away from him???

[TomGuy]

Point of fact. Stevens reacted that way to the fillibuster of the Anwar drilling bill. It had nothing to do with the "bridge to nowhere".

Stevens threatened Coburn in the Senate Well because Coburn suggested pork projects, such as the bridge, be removed from legislation.

It WAS about the bridge. And on 2 different occasions Stevens threatened to resign if the bridge pork was removed from the bill.

[TomGuy]

Stevens says he'll quit if bridge funds diverted

U.S. SENATE: Amendment to rescind money sends Alaska's senior senator into tirade.

By LIZ RUSKIN
Anchorage Daily News

 

     WASHINGTON -- A freshman senator from Oklahoma, saying he was answering America's call to stop wasteful spending, tried Thursday to divert $452 million from two massive Alaska bridge projects and spend some of it on a hurricane-damaged bridge in New Orleans.

 

     Republican Sen. Tom Coburn's amendment to rescind federal money from the Knik and Gravina bridges won him the fury of Sen. Ted Stevens and only a smattering of votes.

 

     His attempt failed 82-15 after fist-pounding arguments from Stevens, R-Alaska.

 

     Stevens threatened to quit, to become a "wounded bull on the floor of this Senate," and he vowed that if his colleagues passed the bill, "I will be taken out of here on a stretcher."

[OldFriend]

Notice how some republicans have jumped on the 'bridge to nowhere' mantra to show how tough they are on spending.

Spending everywhere but their own district!