Posted on 03/12/2009 6:26:51 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
Barack Obama’s smirk is wearing a bit thin. It’s tiresome to watch this man smile like the Cheshire Cat while lying to our face and treating us like children.
Monday he signed a spending bill so crammed with earmarks even ABC News labeled it a $410 billion pork-laden spending bill.” As he signed this monstrosity Obama said “behind closed doors and away from the glare of the cameras.”
The secrecy attached to Obama’s massive spending bills is something we have to live with. But if Congressional Republicans standup and fight for America’s future we might begin to slow this steamroller down.
Obama likes to talk about transparency of government even as he violates his own rules about allowing public comment about his financial strategies. Unfortunately talk is all we get. Remember we were supposed to get five days to read and review Porkulus?
This leaves calling Obama’s bluff on the earmarks he says he wants to eliminate. It’s time for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to offer him a chance to do something about earmarks. It’s time for the GOP to offer him the Line Item Veto (LIV).
Getting a LIV conversation going will be win- win for slowing Obama down.
One of four things would come from this move.
1) The discussion could drive a wedge between the so-called “Blue Dogs” and the Pelosi Marxists.
2) This would force Pelosi and Reid to defense giving us some control of their agenda.
3) Putting the issue of LIV on the nation’s mind and lips will give the bungling Democrats something else to look inept over.
4) It could start the necessary chipping away of Obama’s approval numbers.
The Marxists have hit us with rapid fire assaults. For the past several months the daily fires have kept us busy playing defense..
(Excerpt) Read more at collinsreport.net ...
Nah, the DNC/Zero media will cover up for them.
Why are we even discussing this moot point? We did the LIV once before and the courts struck it down as unconstitutional. Either the whole bill is signed or the whole bill is vetoed.
Thad Cochran 202/224-5054
Roger Wicker 202/224-6253
Chris Bond 202/224-5721
Richard Shelby 202/224-5744
Arlen Specter 202/224-4254
Lisa Murkowski 202/224-6665
Lamar Alexander 202/224-4944
Olympia Snowe 202/224-5344
These are the Republicans who grabbed earmarks with the gusto of Democrats.
Yes, it’s a tough issue considering that many voters vote based on “who brings home the bacon” but these Republicans got to be challenged.
Shelby, Alexandar, and a few others are decent ... but tough times call for tough leaders, and these guys are anything but leaders.
I’m working full time to oust Pennsylvania US Sen. Arlen Specter, and I hope other Republicans in other states do the same.
The Supreme Court took a dim view of it the last time it was tried.
Exactly. The LIV has been ruled unconstitutional. I guess Congress could informally allow the WH to alter bills before passing them, but that would be ceding too much power.
Good play, let’s see if Bambi folds.
Alexander will not get my vote ever again PRECISELY because he does not have the wisdom and guts to do the hard thing necessary in these times.
(I doubt he’ll run again anyway.)
Because it was passed at the policy/process level.
Make it a Constitutional Amendment - it may take some time in approving but giving us “rabble” a chance to approve it would be educational!
And that's what ol' Coach Collins is recommending in this article. Obviously he's not as up on the subject as you and I.
Make it a Constitutional Amendment - it may take some time in approving but giving us “rabble” a chance to approve it would be educational!
Like that's going to happen. Pelosi and Reid wouldn't stand for it, and deep down Boehner and McConnell wouldn't support it either.
I agree. Too many RINOs for this to get out of the Senate as a CA.
But, just imagine the fireworks if it did because even Opossum would be against it and every American who ever balanced a checkbook woould be for it!
I guess only Dems will ever get line item veto...
“Make it a Constitutional Amendment - it may take some time in approving but giving us “rabble” a chance to approve it would be educational!
Like that’s going to happen. Pelosi and Reid wouldn’t stand for it, and deep down Boehner and McConnell wouldn’t support it either.”
The point here is not to think we can get the LIV, but to speak to the lemmings who think we can and triangulate them into demanding answers from Obama and the Democrats. It also shows the GOP is trying to do something. As to the USSC, well they have reversed themselves before.
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