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McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $2 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project (McConnell pet projects)
Wflp news ^ | 10/15/13 | /Phillip-m bailey

Posted on 10/16/2013 4:29:11 PM PDT by barmag25

A proposal to end the government shutdown and avoid default orchestrated by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid includes a $2 billion earmark for a Kentucky project.

Language in a draft of the McConnell-Reid deal (see page 13, section 123) provided to WFPL News shows a provision that increases funding for the massive Olmsted Dam Lock in Louisville from $775 million to nearly $2. 9 billion.

(Excerpt) Read more at wfpl.org ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Kentucky
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Screw the taxpayers I want pork.
1 posted on 10/16/2013 4:29:11 PM PDT by barmag25
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To: barmag25

repeal the 17th amendment.

Send these hogs home.


2 posted on 10/16/2013 4:30:50 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (dont worry about Mexico, put the fence around kalifornia.)
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To: hadaclueonce

except Ted.


3 posted on 10/16/2013 4:31:20 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (dont worry about Mexico, put the fence around kalifornia.)
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To: barmag25

McConnell the Whore.


4 posted on 10/16/2013 4:32:04 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: barmag25

http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Navigation/LocksandDams/OlmstedLocksandDam.aspx


5 posted on 10/16/2013 4:32:38 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: barmag25
Gee, Mitch twists the knife he put in our backs.
6 posted on 10/16/2013 4:32:51 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
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To: barmag25

FWIW it’s actually 230 miles SW of Louisville


7 posted on 10/16/2013 4:34:35 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: barmag25

Thirty pieces of silver.


8 posted on 10/16/2013 4:34:36 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: barmag25

SSDD

The Senate is controlled by greedy pigs that ignore the
US Constitution, that ignore ‘Equal under the Law’,
and that have ARMED al Qaeda against the American people.


9 posted on 10/16/2013 4:34:39 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: barmag25

Bevin can recycle Ted Yoho’s campaign ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkVG1StqOzQ


10 posted on 10/16/2013 4:34:44 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: barmag25

The house should strip in out and send it back to the senate.


11 posted on 10/16/2013 4:35:09 PM PDT by babygene ( .)
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To: barmag25
Judas sold out the world for 30 pieces of silver, guess McConnell thought selling out America for $2B is just simple inflation...
12 posted on 10/16/2013 4:36:03 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: barmag25

People in KY are so uninformed that I bet most don’t even know that McC went through an embarrassing humiliation today.


13 posted on 10/16/2013 4:37:38 PM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: barmag25

These beltway prostitutes are unbelievably expensive.


14 posted on 10/16/2013 4:37:43 PM PDT by BAW (My people skills are fine. It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.)
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To: barmag25

Outrageous. Out and out corruption.

This is the real GOP at work.


15 posted on 10/16/2013 4:39:25 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: barmag25

The new senator pothole.


16 posted on 10/16/2013 4:39:41 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: barmag25

Guess all the talk about Reid putting the fork into McConnell with is post deal talk is not correct. McConnell will ride it through the election.


17 posted on 10/16/2013 4:39:54 PM PDT by Bronzy
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To: babygene

They won’t strip it out. No chance of that. They all scratch each other’s backs.


18 posted on 10/16/2013 4:40:36 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: barmag25

Levin is reading this right now. Great get barmag


19 posted on 10/16/2013 4:41:22 PM PDT by don-o (Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
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To: barmag25

Glad we have people who have to read these things for us.

Here’s the final bill:

http://www.c-span.org/uploadedFiles/Content/Documents/AMENDMENT10-16-13C.PDF

Here’s the offending passage:

“SEC. 123. Section 3(a)(6) of Public Law 100–676 is
2 amended by striking both occurrences of ‘‘$775,000,000’’
3 and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. “

Looks entirely innocent, until you know what Public Law 100-676 is.


20 posted on 10/16/2013 4:44:28 PM PDT by Corporate Democrat
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