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Re: Coburn Amendment Fails
Byrd (from your link) = $399 million in 2005 $220 per citizen
Stevens (for two bridges) = $445 million or $770 per citizen. (not to mention that AK is running a budget surplus in the tens of millions). Byrd's record is astounding, but only because of his long tenure in the Senate |
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Trust me I'm not defending Stevens, but as far as total $ goes Byrd is truly Mr. Porkbarrel
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It sounds like the Senate must find a way to kill those bridges. The sooner Stevens is out the better!
Tom Coburn deserves a medal. On a related note, is there any similar attempts by Democrats to reign in their party's spending habits? |
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Yet another flaming example of President Bush pandering to left-wing intellectual elites. [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] q/q |
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[ QUOTE ] On a related note, is there any similar attempts by Democrats to reign in their party's spending habits? [/ QUOTE ] So, let me get this straight, BC: * Republicans control the executive, the judiciary, and both houses of Congress. * Republicans are spending like drunken sailors * Under Bush, the national debt has gone from $5 trillion to EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS. * the Republican Congress just voted down a hail-mary from one of their own members to try and at least get rid of one of the most obvious pork projects * in your mind, this shows that Democrats are the problem. Are you trying out for comic relief? q/q |
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I take it the answer then is: no, the Democratic Party can't be bothered to reign in the spending of its members.
I don't know if you've noticed this, but many conservatives are growing very restless about the wasteful spending that has occured. Is there a similiar attitude among liberals? I fear there isn't, but I could be wrong. If there is such an attitude, please show me. |
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