Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 29, 2010, 10:41:54 PM
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"A day after Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and ten other House members compromised on their pro-life position to deliver the necessary yes-votes to pass health care reform, the "Stupak 11" released their fiscal year 2011 earmark requests, which total more than $3.4 billion--an average of $314 million worth of earmark requests for each lawmaker. *
Of the eight lawmakers whose 2010 requests were available for comparison, five requested more money this week than they did a year ago: Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Pa., Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., and Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Ohio.
The eleven members were the focus of high level pressure by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats because they threatened to vote against the health care reform bill, which passed the House on Sunday, March 21, by a seven vote margin. Granting earmark requests are one of the ways leadership can encourage members to vote their way."
http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/...n-worth-earmar/
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Link's dead. corrected here (http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/after-health-care-vote-stupak-11-request-34-billion-worth-earmar/)
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And this surprises you? This is the status quo. Nothing néw here.
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And this surprises you? This is the status quo. Nothing néw here.
Doesn't surprise me, but it should still be shocking/disgusting to the American People, especially the constituents of those eleven representatives.
What they did is flat-out bribery. Normally illegal, is has become a way of life for Congress.
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I hope they are glad they got their 30 pieces of silver........
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What they did is flat-out bribery. Normally illegal, is has become a way of life for Congress.
Yep. And the Democrat Super Majority Congress, and 1600 Pennsylvania Ave knows that at least 50% of the population knows it.
Wonder why the "Right Wing" and the "Tea Party" is getting all sorts of fecal matter thrown at it, with the hope that something will eventually stick.