Posted on 03/06/2024 1:03:49 PM PST by knighthawk
Ultra-conservative Republicans are railing against the 605 pages of earmarks that will be included in a $460 billion spending package to fund six agencies of government that will come up for a vote on Wednesday.
The earmarks have already caused scandal within the Senate, where Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's office rescinded support for a $1 million earmark for an LGBTQ center in Pennsylvania that hosts BDSM parties.
The funding caused a backlash on social media, prompting Fetterman, who was long one of the staunchest pro-LGBTQ lawmakers in the Keystone State, to have the earmark removed.
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Vacate
the
chair
this was an easy one and that fake mike johnson caved faster than kevin did
we need some one with the courage of his convictions
not another kenneth copleland like tv evangelist .
JUST SAY NO and shut it all down
Fetterman is much smarter than he appeared to be.
Throw'em into shark infested waters with a little chum, give them repellent tabs and see if they work?
You win the thread. Congratulations!
One more time: Remember when we REBELLED against our KING for a 1% tax on a breakfast beverage? Or when we almost took down George Washington for taxing booze? how about Shay’s Rebellion?
We should never have stopped providing the Fedgov with reasons to live within their budget... Or... as required by law, PASS an actual budget. Which they haven’t... In decades...
I have a hunch that one of them filmed himself getting buggered by his boyfriend in a Senate briefing room not too long ago...
progressive government in action
No outrage over giving Israel our tax dollars.
Earmarks should be outlawed.
President Trump is talking out using impoundment.
Thanks! Just noodling with the idea of various control groups, and KY jelly infused with capsicum.
Violating the Constitution should be illegal.
Source?
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