Posted on 03/05/2009 12:17:13 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Senator John McCain is not giving up his fight against earmarks, even though the Senate rejected his attempt on Tuesday to strip them from the spending bill going through Congress.
The Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate announced yesterday he's teaming with Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin to introduce legislation to give the president a line-item veto to block earmarks.
McCain said earmarks, which critics call pork barrel projects, represent a "corrupt practice" that has consumed Congress.
Feingold said he believes this legislation would pass constitutional muster because Congress would have to vote whether to agree to the earmark cuts the president wanted. If either the House or Senate voted by a single majority against the cuts, the projects would be funded.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that while the administration needs to study the details of the bill, Obama wouldn't turn down a line-item veto approved by the courts.
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Why does McCain only sponsor legislation with Democrats?
As my Moonbat brother will tell you, “bipartisan” means you are doing the bidding of the Democrat in the White House. “Partisan” is when Dems and Repubs team up to try to block intelligent solutions to pressing problems.
Great idea, John.
Give the Democrats plenty of political cover so they can kick our butts again in 2010.
“White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that while the administration needs to study the details of the bill, Obama wouldn’t turn down a line-item veto approved by the courts.”
And there you have it.
To me, “bipartisan” only means they’re working together to screw us in the same way. “Partisan” means the parties are fighting over which way to screw us, but at least they’re fighting, which makes slows them down.
So McCain will battle our Marxist-in-Chief by giving him more authority. Only a hopelessly clueless RINO would think of that.
You were saying? :P
McCain was quiet today...mostly.
Because he IS one?
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