Comments on: Iraq War Emergency Bill Has Millions in Non-War Pork

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:36:07 +0000

Mark: The Dems have the majority in Congress. It's a matter of 'Well, they're doing it' only because they choose to keep collecting pork. That 'new broom' seems to have gotten mislaid somewhere.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:45:31 +0000

It would be great if the Dems did give up the pork - they would then be able to take the moral high ground. However, I understand the argument against "unilaterally disarming" and don't really mind if the Dems do it too while working towards eliminating for both sides.

Also, if pork makes up a small percentage of the budget, it doesn't seem contradictory to be for spending restraint but still get some pork for your district.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:56:05 +0000

Now, there’s not much partisan hay to be made here since, goodness knows, the Republicans had more pork than a Jimmy Dean sausage factory in their bills.

The difference is that Porky Pelosi has been running aginst "pork" in her effort to "reform" the House.

She probably put an order in there to funnel money for a yacht to go along with her luxury taxpayer-funded jet.

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:59:13 +0000

Earning Their Pork Chops...

Over at The American Mind, Sean Hackbarth took a look at the Emergency Appropriations bill; he's had to go on cholesterol medication just from reading it through. I went through his digest of the spending spree: some of the allocations......

By: Buying Their Way to Defeat: House Democrats’ Iraq War Emergency Bill » The American Mind

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:15:33 +0000

[...] UPDATE: James Joyner reminds me that pork-laden bills are bipartisan. There are no “Bridges to Nowhere,” a Republican shame, in the bill thankfully. He writes, It does demonstrate, however, that promises to come to Washington and impose spending restraint are almost always laughably hollow. We’re barely two months into the new Democratic Congress and already any pretense is over. Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]