Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Politicians - and their promises
This article is about the Democrats; however, rest assured that I am not so gullible as to believe Republicans would be different.
I'm thinking term limits for a starter...
I'm thinking term limits for a starter...
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Harry Reid's home state of Nevada:
"'Rather than including specific pet projects, grants and contracts in legislation as it is being written, Democrats are following an order by the House Appropriations Committee chairman to keep the bills free of such earmarks until it is too late for critics to effectively challenge them.'
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., now says those requests for billions of dollars to finance home-district dams, bridges and research contracts won't be added to spending measures till the fall, when House and Senate negotiators assemble final bills to send to the president. But that means few lawmakers will get a chance to oppose specific projects.
Rep. Obey insists he's taking the step 'reluctantly' because his Appropriations Committee hasn't had time to fully review the 36,000 earmark requests that have come flooding in -- despite all the Democrats' talk of 'reform.'
But predictably, watchdog groups who 'scrub' appropriations bills for questionable provisions are outraged."
