Senate Rejects Earmark Ban… 8 Republicans Defect
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 11:56 AM
The senate rejected a ban on earmarks today. 8 Republicans joined democrats in rejecting the ban.
The eight Republicans in opposition were:
Robert Bennett of Utah
Thad Cochran of Mississippi
Susan Collins of Maine
James Inhofe of Oklahoma
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Richard Shelby of Alabama
George Voinovich of Ohio
The Politico reported:
Thirty-nine senators voted Tuesday in support of a three-year moratorium on appropriations earmarks, the strongest showing ever by opponents of the current process and a potential game changer in the year-end budget debate.
Seven Democrats backed the proposal, and the party leadership will have to decide now whether to strip out or weaken draft language in an omnibus spending bill that currently sets aside billions for home-state projects.
The massive bill already represents a serious bipartisan effort to reach a compromise by cutting up to $26 billion from President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget. And with nearly 40 senators supporting the moratorium, the Appropriations Committee leadership faces the threat of endless delays if some accommodation is not reached.
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RedBeard commented:
Who were the 8 who defected? I have questions for them, starting with, “Why should any of you get a dime in campaign contributions ever again?”
Garrett commented:
Richard Lugar of Indiana is up ro re-election in 2012. Keep it in mind.
Stuart commented:
Bennett of Utah voted against it.
We dumped him in the primary but he is still around to put one more turd in the punchbowl.
And to think that when he was first elected to the senate I supported him.
Dianne commented:
They voted against preventing earmarks, but that voted for a 1.4 billion dollar scam that will enable 90,000 black applicants to receive $50,000 each on the phony pretect that they are farmers who were denied loans, pretty typical when you recognize that there are only 33,000 black farmers in the USA, and that those other 57,000 African-American thieves brazenly admit that they want to clear the way for “women farmers” and “Latino farmers” and yes, even “gay farmers” to defraud U.S. Taxpayers, too. Just more of Obama’s sleazy reparations scheme to redistribute wealth and power from white people to people of color.
ChristaJeanne commented:
Good job, Alaska. Way to leave RINO Murkowski in office. Ugh!
CT commented:
I would suggest all conservative Republicans consider not contributing to the RNC or any Republican Party organization, but rather directly to Republican candidates they support. Feeding the disease is self destructive and obviously un-necessary.
MIKE191 commented:
To become deaf after the elctions of 2012 will hopefully bring unemployment to those who voted against this bill.As to Bennett and Murkowski ,spite and anger ,are all you have left on your resume.
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
Murkowski. Why am I not surprised?
bg commented:
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aah, guess this is old news then huh, TOLDYA the election wasn’t going to
CHANGE a damn thing, just HOPE people wake up to the fact that Wash DC
is not what it used to be since Clinton.. as for Bush 43, i still believe he did
rather well considering he was, more or less, the LONE RANGER in the WH..
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bg commented:
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oh yeah, next for the “lame duck” Congress.. crap and
tax, watch how fast this flies past our eyes wide shut..
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The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:
#2 November 30, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Garrett commented:
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I know that, but I don’t know who’s running against him (if anyone). And making matters worse is that this isn’t the first time Lugar’s pulled a stunt like this – he backed the DREAM act.
Me personally, I DREAM of getting rid of that dumb RINO.
WarEagle commented:
Not surprised to see Shelby voting against earmarks. He loves to bring home the bacon to Tuscaloosa and UAT. Spending will never get under control with people like Shelby in the Senate. Tuscaloosa needs to change the name to Shelby Town or Shelbyville. FTR, I did not vote for Shelby’s reelection, I did write-in.
RedBeard commented:
Thanks for posting those names, Jim.
Bennett getting in his last licks is fairly pathetic, and most of the rest are Usual Suspects.
Sad. I once actually liked Lugar, back when he was mayor of Indianapolis. But I should have seen the handwriting on the wall, as he engineered to “Unigov” takeover of the entire county. That was his first grasp at ever-increasing and over-reaching government.
bg commented:
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oh btw i know there was something untoward that was attached to the bill,
and i know i posted about it a while back, but for the life of me i can’t recall
what it was or where i posted it.. as a matter of fact, i’ve no idea if the bill
was changed between a couple of months ago & when they voted on it..
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bengar commented:
we’ll get these guys next time we wont forget that couldent even go after the low hanging fruit
usamopatriot commented:
Start your list for 2012, 2014, 2016, etc. etc. These jackals all have to go.
Chip Bennett commented:
Richard Lugar continues to prove himself a disgrace to my home state.
Good riddance to both you and Claire in 2012.
Sasja commented:
We knew Inhofe was going to vote against it. Too many of his constituents let him know they did not want the bill to pass. This is one of many problems…folks hanging around with their hands out.
bg commented:
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aah, S510 was also passed..
inch by inch they exert more & more control over
US.. not looking good, not looking good at all..
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bg commented:
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re #11 & #14
Senate Republicans dig in heels during lame
duck on DADT, DREAM Act, UI, START treaty
*sigh*
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bg commented:
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re: #19
Codex Alimentarius
there’s much more, i’ve posted it all before, welcome to the NWO.. oh
yes, like it or not, we are not only going there, but with Obama at the
helm, we’re going at warp speed.. but hey, don’t believe me, you can
check it out for yourself, well, albeit you don’t scare them, i say hurry
up while the info is still available anyways..
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bg commented:
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re: #14
yeah, i found it!!
OT.. WARNING, EAR MARK BILL VOTE TODAY
IS / MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FOLLOWING:
Global Food Security Act, S.384, to give
$billions to Monsanto, other GMO producers
Codex Alimentarius
S. 384 – Global Food Security Act of 2009
H.R. 3077 – Global Food Security Act of 2009
bottom line:
government control over anything to do
with food iow: from seedling to shitling..
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bg commented:
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why won’t my post re: #14 post??
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GLM In Ohio commented:
I just e-mailed Voinovich … told him he has just lost any chance of ever getting my vote.
bg commented:
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re: #14
WARNING, EAR MARK BILL VOTE TODAY IS
/ MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FOLLOWING:
well, let me try for one of the links that hasn’t gone through yet..
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