Posted on 08/09/2007 5:46:45 PM PDT by bnelson44
Washington - Even though the Democratic majority vowed to return Congress to a path of fiscal responsibility, the 2008 appropriations bills were stuffed with wasteful pork projects. While Representatives John Campbell, Jeff Flake, Jeb Hensarling, Scott Garrett, and David Obey (1 amendment) offered 50 amendments to strip outrageous pork projects from the appropriations bills, only one amendment, offered by Rep. Jeff Flake, passed.
The Club for Growth has compiled a RePORK Card of all members' votes on all 50 anti-pork amendments (see below). "Taxpayers have a right to know which congressmen stand up for them and which stand up for the special interests," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "Unfortunately, the Club for Growth RePORK Card shows that most congressmen care more about lining their buddies' pockets than they care about protecting American taxpayers."
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One quick remark about the Club for Growth. While the CFG has a stringent set of standards for rating our elected representatives on the actual votes they cast, they don’t always get it right. The CFG gave what I thought was a friendly evaluation of the liberal Rudy Giuliani`s stint as Mayor of NYC. The general upbeat analysis Pat Toomey`s CFG gave to Rooty Toot was undeserving.
Have you looked into the actual amendments they are citing? I think that funding federal projects is the proper Constitutional role of the federal government, don't you?
Have you looked into the actual amendments they are citing? I think that funding federal projects is the proper Constitutional role of the federal government, don't you?
The Constitutional role of the federal government isn't to fund a bunch of meaningless federal projects.
Have you looked into the actual amendments they are citing? I think that funding federal projects is the proper Constitutional role of the federal government, don't you?
The Constitutional role of the federal government isn't to fund a bunch of meaningless federal projects.
Agreed.
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