Thanks guys:
pissant; Earthdweller ; Hunterite;
for taking that item.
Hopefully puddleglum gets his questions answered.
Well all, if you look aty my post again you will see that I was forecasting the direction criticism would come from should the media notice Duncan Hunter. It would come as scrutiny of his top contributors and they sway they have had, if any, on his votes and proposed legislation.
As far as trhe Heritage Foundation Budget paper I linked, of the five bills it cited as excessive spending (page 5), Duncan voted AYE on the top 3 (I haven’t had the chance to research the others):
No Child Left Behind
2002 Farm Bill
2003 Medicare Drug Bill
He also voted last week or so to override the president’s veto of the porked-up Watrer Resources Development Act (WRDA)- a bill the prez voted as an example of an bill overloaded with earmarks and pet projects.
He did vote against the 2007 Farm Bill. Inquiring minds can look up his votes on the other typically porked-up bills - Transportation, Energy, Head Start.
Don’t shoot the messenger folks. Candidates always merit scrutiny, and scrutiny based on an excess of federal largesse is a hallmark of this here board.