House Appropriations Chairman Rep. David Obey (D.-Wisc.)said his staff was unable to print the earmarks into this year’s round of spending bills, however, because there were too many and it would take up too much of his staff’s time.True, too many of them. Funny that lots of staff have the time to put them into the bill, but not enough time to let us know who put them there.
Subsequently, because the earmarks are not printed in the bill, members cannot challenge the earmarks before voting on the legislation.This prompted Republican Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), as he said Tuesday, to “declare war on our Democratic majority over these secret slush funds.”
Good luck with that Sir. Gee, they can pass a bill with billions of pork in it, and it can't be seen in the bill?
Five months ago, Pelosi’s House passed a resolution to require that these “legislative directives” be listed within the texts of applicable legislation next to the names of members who requested them, and therefore available to the public. It was a part of the Democrats’ bevy of midterm campaign promises that vowed to “drain the swamp” of the “culture of corruption” on Capitol Hill and create “the most ethical Congress in history.”
One word: Liar. Who'd thunk that?
Hey let’s forget about Queen Pelosi... we shall refer to her as SanFranLib from now on