Posted on 05/06/2008 6:13:33 PM PDT by NoKoolAidforMe
House Republicans are spreading the word about the La Raza earmark in the pork-laden housing bill that I’ve been reporting on (see here and here).
Fresh from the desk of House GOP leader John Boehner:
Democrats are prepared to bring to the House floor legislation purportedly written to assist Americans impacted by the recent housing slump. But in recent days, it has become increasingly clear who this legislation is really out to serve: scam artists, speculators, and trial lawyers.
That’s right: the bill forces taxpayers to pay for a massive $300 billion bailout at the expense of innocent victims who truly need assistance and hard-working families who continue to pay their mortgage on time. And it includes language slipped-in by House Democrats at the last minute to fund a giant $35 million slush fund for trial lawyers seeking to capitalize on the housing downturn.
But the goodies for the friends of the Democratic Majority don’t stop there. House Democrats quietly tucked another giveaway into the long, complicated bill in order to benefit their political allies with virtually no prior public scrutiny or debate. Take a look at this political giveaway – “Assistance for the Raza Development Fund” – straight from the text of the bill:
(c) ASSISTANCE FOR RAZA DEVELOPMENT FUND.—
(1) USE.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make a grant to the Raza Development Fund for the purpose of providing technical and financial assistance to local non-profit organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs serving low- and moderate-income households, particularly through organizations located in neighborhoods with substantial populations of income-disadvantaged households of Hispanic origin. Assistance provided by the Secretary under this subsection may be used by the Raza Development Fund…
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated for grants under this subsection—
(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and (B) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
In short, House Democrats are expecting American taxpayers to shell out $25 million to the Raza Development Fund – an arm of the National Council of La Raza and Democratic political ally that has made its name by promoting pro-illegal immigration policies and opposing real border security.
American families are struggling with rising costs for everything from gasoline to food to mortgages. Times like these require Congress to work in a bipartisan way on behalf of the American people. But instead, this Democratic Majority has produced a bill that rewards scam artists, speculators, trial lawyers, and political allies like La Raza…all at the expense of taxpayers and homeowners who really need help. Sadly, it’s yet more example of what American taxpayers have come to expect from a broken Washington under the leadership of House Democrats. Sadly, we haven’t heard a peep from House Republicans–or any prominent Republicans–about John McCain’s decision to legitimize and honor La Raza (”The Race”)with his presence at its annual open-borders convention in July.
Hello?
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We’re screwed. Unless McCain has a medical breakdown in the next 6 months, it will be him or Obama or HIllary in the Whitehouse next January.
He called it a "piece of sh*t".
Took me all of 5 seconds to find that one and I'm not even a doctor, but the symptoms seem all too familiar.
It's entirely possible that we have but a few days to wait and McCain is going to be out of the race.
That was on an early internet discussion board called "Doonesbury".
Didn't say anything lots of other folks thought, but my prediction was posted about 15 minutes before her car smacked into that ballustrade in the middle of a tunnel in Paris and killed her.
“What needs to happen is this scumbag needs to be thrown under the bus at the convention.I just cant believe that any conservatives would back this piece of excrement.”
Please tell me how this could happen! As far as I can see, McCain is the only choice we have since he has won the nomination. Hillary or Obama is not a choice for me, even though I am certainly not pleased about voting for McCain.
So if you can say just “how” McCain could be thrown under the bus at our convention, I would like to hear it. And also, whom do you think would be nominated in McCain’s place if somehow McCain was rejected at convention?
Can we do that?
I'm in!
He does display the signs of a schizophrenia, especially in the past 48 hours.
“It’s entirely possible that we have but a few days to wait and McCain is going to be out of the race.”
That would be nice, but just how can that happen and who would possibly take his place?
I think he'd just strap himself in like the Deniro character in Cape Fear.
More like some cardiovascular problem causing problems in the brain that lead to the behavior ~
Right now we have a choiec oc awful (McCain) Horrible (Hillary) and beyond the pale horrible (Obama).
For sure, and awful is better than horrible.
What can you say other than that they all suck? There’s a deranged war hero that thinks he’s a Mexican, then there’s a socialist of questionable sexuality, then there’s a Black Panther that wants a communist revolution - bottom of the barrel.
Let’s tell Sen. McCain that he will NOT get our support if he speaks for a racist group like La Raza. Here’s where to tell him:
http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/
I agree strongly with every word of your post, every single word.
Done.
Paging consevative talk radio!!!!!!!!!!!
Laura, hope your vacation gets you back in time to denounce this bill!!!
Bill Bennett, time to focus on the details of this nonsense!
Rush, don’t let your buddies leave you w all of the heavy lifting!
Hugh, get on this one now!
No. But he thinks they will. Multiple times.
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