Meanwhile the Socialist Democrats keep slipping them right by us:
Democrats Hide Pet Projects From Voters
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) - After promising unprecedented openness regarding Congress’ pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget year.
Democrats are sidestepping rules approved their first day in power in January to clearly identify “earmarks” - lawmakers’ requests for specific projects and contracts for their states.
Rather than including specific pet projects, grants and contracts in legislation as it is being written, Democrats are following an order by the House
Appropriations Committee chairman to keep the bills free of such earmarks until it is too late for critics to effectively challenge them.
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., says those requests for dams, community grants and research contracts for favored universities or hospitals will be added to spending measures in the fall. That is when House and Senate negotiators assemble final bills.
Such requests total billions of dollars.
As a result, most lawmakers will not get a chance to oppose specific projects as wasteful or questionable when the spending bills for various agencies get their first votes in the full House in June.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070603/D8PHA8LG0.html
You know...I wonder how well that Democrat “mandate” would have fared back in November had the people that voted Democrat known about all of this?
I don’t think many who voted for Bush voted Dem...
I think they stayed home or voted 3rd party....
I, however voted Republican...
I believe in working within the party to change our leadership into what we want it to be...I think that is how our forefathers wanted us to be....
As Laura I pointed out...we have been very faithful to the President, and this is what I call a deal-breaker...
like in marriage..ya don’t divorce because she is not a good cook, or not a good housekeeper....or because he won’t pick up his dirty laundry....but then- there are DEAL BREAKERS....
I cannot support this Presient on this issue...CANNOT...