3 Republicans Break Promise Against FY2011 Earmarks

Townhall ^ | March 29, 2010 | Meredith Jessup

[ejdrapes]

Monday, March 29, 2010

3 Republicans Break Promise Against FY2011 Earmarks

Posted by: Meredith Jessup at 3:01 PM

Three House Republicans have ignored their caucus' ban on requesting earmarks this year.  Rep. Joseph Cao, R-La., has requested projects totaling more than $500 million for his district. 

In addition, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, have also requested millions of dollars worth of earmarks despite the party's moratorium. 

[ejdrapes]

Didn't know Ron Paul was into earmarks. Link in ths blog post doesn't go anywhere. Anyone know what his earmark requests are for?

[MissesBush]

Don Young is the earmark king. No one should have believed his initial pledge to vote against them. The guy’s a loser.

[sono]

Term limit these guys!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[SmokingJoe]

Rep. Joseph Cao, R-La., has requested projects totaling more than $500 million for his district.

Cao needs another invitation to go drink beer and watch football with 0bozo I would imagine. This guy is has about as much morals as a female alley cat.

[savedbygrace]

What, did they think nobody would notice? Morons.

[YHAOS]

send them packing.

[Mr. K]

But its OK because President Obambi said he would not sign any legislation containing earmarks.

[Domandred]

Tough to verify that claim. Link for Paul goes nowhere. Other link goes to PDF file but neither Texas or TX appear.

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

Gold?

[John D]

Didn't know Ron Paul was into earmarks. Link in ths blog post doesn't go anywhere. Anyone know what his earmark requests are for?

I do not know what they are yet, but the KING of earmarks, (that he is against), is sure to have plenty. He is not the king for no reason.

[Cyber Liberty]

Can’t be the Great Ron Paul. Must have been a typo in the article...

[J Edgar]

All three should be booted ASAP! NO Exceptions!
If they can lead by example, then they are of no value as a maximum, and a big negative value as a norm!

[BreitbartSentMe]

Primary Opponents are the answer.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ron Paul ought to know better!

[ATX 1985]

That is definitely the biggest surprise here, I wonder what Ron Paul is requesting?

This is from an interview with Cavuto:

CAVUTO: But are you saying, then — are you saying, then, Congressman, that the moneys that you appropriated, whether for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the Texas City Channel, Wallisville Lake, the City of Bay City, that rehab center — that that’s money in the aggregate that you would have called waste?

PAUL: It’s the kind I don’t vote for, because I don’t think the federal government should be doing it. But, if they’re going to allot the money, I have a responsibility to represent my people.

If they say, hey, look, put in a highway for the district, I put it in. I put in all their requests, because I’m their representative.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508604,00.html

[fight_truth_decay]

State of Washington Bureau: Reps. George Radanovich, R-Mariposa, and Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, are joining most of their GOP colleagues in shunning earmark requests this year. Although they say they will help local officials secure grants.

[Lakeshark]

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! Ron Paul taking earmarks against his principles, oh noes.........

:-)

I think they're for peanut butter!

[ejdrapes]

Yeah, boo to Ron Paul. Shows how little I know about him. I figured he'd be the last congressman to request earmarks.

[ejdrapes]

When Paul says "But, if they’re going to allot the money"....who is the "they" he's referring to? In one sentence he says he doesn't vote for them but in the next he says if someone wants $$ for his district he puts it in. WTH???