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Porkers feeling the heat
The Washington Times ^ | 6-18-07 | Donald Lambro

Posted on 06/18/2007 12:41:39 PM PDT by JZelle

The Democrats, flush from their 2006 election gains, took over Congress in January, promising to end the legislative stalemate and pass a sweeping agenda for reform.

Nearly six months later, they have backpedaled on their promises of reform; they've made little progress on major legislation; their job-approval ratings have taken a nosedive; and there's talk for the first time that House Democrats could lose seats to the Republicans in 2008.

They came into power pledging to curb wasteful pork projects that had hit a record $23 billion in 2006. Then they passed a budget resolution that would increase nondefense discretionary spending by $23 billion more than President Bush proposed. A coincidence?

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; earmarks; michaelmoore; porkbarrel; porkbarrelspending; rosie
Meet the new boss....
1 posted on 06/18/2007 12:41:42 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

They all say whatever it takes to get elected. You can’t trust any of them in Washington. We need to clean house.


2 posted on 06/18/2007 12:43:25 PM PDT by RC2
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To: JZelle

...same as the old boss


3 posted on 06/18/2007 12:46:34 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather.)
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To: JZelle

lemme guess:

Same as the old boss?


4 posted on 06/18/2007 12:47:43 PM PDT by beebuster2000 (choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
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To: JZelle
Porkers feeling the heat

I thought this was going to be about fat people during the summer.

5 posted on 06/18/2007 12:48:29 PM PDT by TightyRighty (July 21, 2007 - The End Is Near)
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To: RC2
It would be like Hercules and the Augean Stables.

Then we'd have to hear all the hippies whine about all of the crap from the DC Fecal Lagoon washing into watersheds and the ocean...

6 posted on 06/18/2007 12:50:02 PM PDT by Malacoda (A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
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To: JZelle

I thought this was another Rosie story.


7 posted on 06/18/2007 12:54:16 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: JZelle

By the way... When are the Dems going to reduce the price of gasoline, as they promised?


8 posted on 06/18/2007 1:10:18 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: RC2

A great place to start would be with term limits.


9 posted on 06/18/2007 1:31:41 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: JZelle

I don’t think they feel the heat in the least. Except for a few papers like the Washington Times, the media never mentions Democrat pork, or if it does, it praises it as good, kind, noble, liberal generosity to the poor and disadvantaged.


10 posted on 06/18/2007 1:53:40 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

I find it sickening the idiots in the gutter get more love and encouragement than smart, motivated people who stay out of trouble. And then of course the smart ones are forced to carry the idiots.


11 posted on 06/18/2007 2:32:26 PM PDT by Niuhuru
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To: Cicero

I find it sickening the idiots in the gutter get more love and encouragement than smart, motivated people who stay out of trouble. And then of course the smart ones are forced to carry the idiots.


12 posted on 06/18/2007 2:32:33 PM PDT by Niuhuru
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To: Cicero

I find it sickening the idiots in the gutter get more love and encouragement than smart, motivated people who stay out of trouble. And then of course the smart ones are forced to carry the idiots.


13 posted on 06/18/2007 2:32:40 PM PDT by Niuhuru
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To: JZelle
Speaking of porkers...

The Queen of Earmarks?

Soo-eee!

14 posted on 06/18/2007 2:34:59 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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