Posted on 03/10/2009 7:03:05 PM PDT by kellynla
WASHINGTON -- Congress on Tuesday cleared for President Obama's signature a $410 billion measure to fund the government, a measure denounced by most Republicans as an example of reckless spending.
The Senate approved the measure by voice after it cleared a key procedural hurdle by a 62-35 vote. Sixty votes were required to shut down debate.
Obama will sign the measure Wednesday, the White House said, but he will also announce steps aimed at curbing lawmakers' penchant for pet projects.
The $410 billion bill is chock-full of lawmakers' pet projects and significant increases in food aid for the poor, energy research and other programs. It was supposed to have been completed last fall.
The bill ran into an unexpected political hailstorm in Congress after Obama's spending-heavy economic stimulus bill and his 2010 budget plan forecasting a $1.8 trillion deficit for the current budget year. And Republicans seized on Obama's willingness to sign a bill packed with pet projects after he assailed them as a candidate.
"If it had not been for the stimulus and the budget proposal it might have been ... noncontroversial," said House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio. "The stimulus bill riled an awful lot of people up. ... And then the budget proposal comes out."
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In the darkness of night...
God help us!
The screwing continues.
Will anyone in the media ask Obama if he will live up to his “no earmarks” promise? What about his 5 days before signing non-emergency legislation? Will he wait 5 days on this for public comment?
I wonder how Wall Street will react?
Lamar Alexander (R TN) voted for this? I just saw him speaking against excessive spending this afternoon. Snow I expected, why don’t the RePubs in Maine tear up her ticket? At least Graham finally came through on one.
And Washington sings:
We pass earmarks
Yes we do
We love earmarks
Taxpayers, screw you.
re: he will also announce steps aimed at curbing lawmakers’ penchant for pet projects
Sort of like closing the barn door after the pigs are out.
Where do you find that Lamar voted yes?
Will Obama hold it for five days of review as he promised? See http://hesnotmypresident.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/make-president-obama-keep-his-campaign-promise/
Oh but he removed that promise from his campaign website!
Anyone have the vote breakdown? Did Bayh and Feingold end up voting for it?
Aint that the Truth. God, that pisses me off.
So far, the futures look relatively bright.
Doggy style.
Once again Obama is hedging his words. He said he would eliminate pork, not just “curbing” them. When Obama signs this current bill he automatically becomes a liar.
The one that gets me is the most is removal of the DC School voucher program that kicks two poor black kids out of Obama's daughters private school. That the liberal media can hide this is obscene. And Republicans need to get the two families in front of FNC cameras asking why would Obama do this?
Thanks, I’ll need that.
Yeah, he did. I am glad Corker did not. He is my Senator
It is the eve of a full moon after all. Eat, drink, and be merry, spend, spend, spend.
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