harrah reid threatens to stay until jan 5 !!!!...
michellemalkin
michellemalkin
18 minutes ago
RT @jamiedupree: Sen Harry Reid threatening to keep the Senate in session all the way until new Congress jan 5.
We R become a nation so "rich" 1/7th of the populace is receiving food stamps.
Methinks the gubamint doth still love its large$$e programs&benefits a wee bit much that do little to feed the real needs of the people, jobs.
I thought that was Obammy's Priority #1.
I wonder how much a normal spending bill would cost.
The Smarmy One, Sen Bill Nelson (D-FL) has marched in lockstep with the Dear Leader and Reid and may appreciate the opportunity to move rightward.
It just never stops with them does it?
Doesn’t the Constitution say “all money bills” must originate in the House?
With just a little spending on the deathcare, this should be a no vote. These azzclowns are all part of the same party. In days of old, these people would be swinging from the town squares!
I thought spending bills had to originate in the House.
The GOP better not cave on anything in the Lame Freakin’ Duck Congress.
This is certainly the most treacherous, dangerous lame duck session in history.
These people have lost all reference to truth.
'Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money'.
Where is all the talk about the debt now???
This includes (from WSJ):
- $1 billion for Amtrak, the federal railroad that hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years;
- $2 billion for child-care subsidies;
- $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts;
- $400 million for global-warming research;
- $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects;
- $650 million to pay for digital TV conversion coupons (on top of the billions already paid out);
- $30 billion for fixing bridges or other highway projects;
- $40 billion for broadband and electric grid development, airports and clean water projects (hmm, those mught actually be worthwhile)
- $20 billion for business tax cuts;
- $8 billion for renewable energy funding;
- $6 billion for mass transit (these last two have a low or negative return on investment);
- $600 million MORE ($3.6 billion total) for the federal government to buy new cars;
- $7 billion for modernizing federal buildings and facilities;
- $252 billion for income-transfer payments (that is, cash or benefits to individuals for doing nothing at all);
- $81 billion for Medicaid;
- $36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits;
- $20 billion for food stamps;
- $83 billion for the earned income credit (for people who don’t pay income tax);
- $66 billion MORE for education (none of this for financial assistance to students).
Only about 12 cents of every $1 is for something that could plausibly be considered a stimulus, and many of those projects won’t help the economy immediately.
“. . . this bill was written based on the wish list of every living — or dead — Democratic interest group.”
“Republicans should let them take all of the credit.”
Thune has called for a short-term funding measure free of earmarks to keep the government operating beyond Dec. 18, when the current continuing resolution expires.
Despite strong opposition from Thune and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), several Senate Republicans are considering voting for the bill.“That’s my intention,” said retiring Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) when asked if he would support the package.
Bennett said earmarks in the bill might give some of his GOP colleagues reason to hesitate but wouldn’t affect his vote.
“It will be tough for some, but not for me,” he said.
GOP Sens. Kit Bond (Mo.), George Voinovich (Ohio) and Susan Collins (Maine) also told The Hill on Tuesday they would consider voting for the omnibus but want to review it before making a final decision.
“I hope to be able to vote for one,” Bond said of the omnibus. “We’ve got to look what’s in it.
“I’m anxious to see it,” he added.
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