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Senate Rejects GOP Proposal to Ban Earmarks
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| November 30, 2010
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Posted on 11/30/2010 7:37:29 AM PST by So Cal Rocket
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To: So Cal Rocket
Hopefully the incoming House will just strike all the earmarks out of the bill. But I’m not holding my breath, that’s for sure.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:57:40 AM PST
by
jpl
(Our forebears really gave their lives so we could be groped by bureaucratic retards at the airport?)
To: DManA
To: So Cal Rocket
Eight Republicans voted against the earmark ban: ... and George V. Voinovich of Ohio. Just a little more than a month an Ohio will be finally rid of this piece of debris. GO AWAY ALREADY!
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:01:32 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education. -Frederic Bastiat)
To: So Cal Rocket
What a surprise ...
Several thing politicians cannot ever be expected to pass:
Term Limits.
A retirement plan that is the same as citizens.
Health care benefits that are the same as citizens.
Living by the same rules and laws that citizens live under.
Not larding up bills with vote buying earmarks.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:01:34 AM PST
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: harpu
Earmare = Exploding Head Syndrome?
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:05:02 AM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: So Cal Rocket
Thanks for the list. Pretty much the usual group of traitors.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:07:46 AM PST
by
upchuck
(When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
To: So Cal Rocket
As Rand Paul explained, the real evil of earmarks is not so much the relatively small amount that they add to the federal budget deficit, but the fact that earmarks are the currency that Senators and Congresspersons use to buy each others votes with.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:16:52 AM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff!)
To: sunmars
Of course Lisa voted against the ban.
Lisa has only 2 things to sell
Tax breaks to ‘favored’ constituents (but not us regular Joes/Janes)
and PORK for her buddies - Unions, Native Corps and the big oil that is still in AK.
If you think about it - the House and Senate only have “power” because they can ladle these things out. Why do you think the tax code is measured in feet and not pages?
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:17:45 AM PST
by
ASOC
(What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
To: So Cal Rocket
I wouldn’t worry about it. When the GOP-led House adopts an earmark ban next year, the Senate will have to go along. And other changes are on the way.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:18:47 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: catnipman
So true, but they also use earmarks to enrich their family and friends. It's about corruption.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:21:54 AM PST
by
kara37
To: blondee123
They bundle the crap with critical budget items. Then dare the Pubbies to shut down the government. Newt.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:22:21 AM PST
by
SC_Pete
To: So Cal Rocket
If the Republicans can’t even get that done, GOD HELP US.
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posted on
11/30/2010 8:30:04 AM PST
by
SC_Pete
To: sunmars
Lease-a-murkowski as usual.
She also voted for S510
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posted on
11/30/2010 10:14:24 AM PST
by
Foolsgold
(L I B Lacking in Brains)
To: ASOC
Maybe Three
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posted on
11/30/2010 10:18:53 AM PST
by
Foolsgold
(L I B Lacking in Brains)
To: So Cal Rocket
Why do the R senators allow anything they know they will lose to go to the floor for a vote??? Doesn’t it take 60 votes for cloture? We have 42, with Kirk, don’t we?
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posted on
11/30/2010 5:02:28 PM PST
by
jch10
(Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war...)
To: Foolsgold
ROTFLMAO
Thanks for the laff...
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:25:40 PM PST
by
ASOC
(What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
To: So Cal Rocket
Hutchinson- RINO MEAT. Time is NOW to take out the garbage in 2012. We did it to bluedog CHET EDWARDS now it's time to get rid of Kay.
RINO HUNT- 2012. Let's find a conservative and get rid of this baggage. Then finally the RINO wing of the Texas GOP will figure it out.
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posted on
12/01/2010 2:40:16 AM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(Our President-A modest man, who has much to be modest about.)
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