Earmarks for Democrats and Republicans alike
I did a post on the passing of the $410 billion omnibus bill, but I only offered a few details in the earmarks that were handed out. These aren’t all of them of course, but here is a little bit better insight as to where the earmarks went.
>On the Democrats side:
-$713,000 for a biomass project in New York for Chuck Shumer.
-$951,000 “sustainable development” in Las Vegas for Harry Reid.
-$143,000 to Las Vegas for the natural history museum also for Harry Reid.
-$238,000 for the Polynesian voyaging society in Honolulu for Daniel Inouye.
-$381,000 for jazz at Lincoln center in New York for Jerrold Nadler.
>Now for the Republican turncoats:
-Richard Shelby recieved $114 million in earmarks.
-Thad Cochran recieved $75 million for his constituents.
-Mitch McConnel recieved $51 million for the bluegrass state.
-Arlen Specter recieved $25 million for Pennsylvania.
So, it just isn’t the Dems who are getting these ridiculous sums of money. It was in fact the Republicans who recieved the most in earmarks form this Omnibus bill. Last night on my show I made it clear that everyone should be ashamed of ANYONE who recieved earmarks or voted/supported this latest bill. I will continue to stick to my conservative principles unlike the Dems and Republicans who are very disgraceful.
-Dominic (dominic@gopwire.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
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