Comments on: Only 29 Senators Vote to Suspend Earmarks for Just One Year http://jonathanturley.org/2008/03/14/only-29-senators-vote-to-suspend-earmarks-for-just-one-year/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mespo727272 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/03/14/only-29-senators-vote-to-suspend-earmarks-for-just-one-year/#comment-8367 mespo727272 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:47:21 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1263#comment-8367 Ms: If true, that might have been helpful to add to your post. Ms: If true, that might have been helpful to add to your post.

]]> By: msnbc = bs http://jonathanturley.org/2008/03/14/only-29-senators-vote-to-suspend-earmarks-for-just-one-year/#comment-8362 msnbc = bs Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:40:23 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1263#comment-8362 mespo, nancy pelosi's statements regarding eliminating earmarks as part of congressional reforms that were repeated by Senator Reid and Democrat leaders in the Senate: Democrats in Senate Fail to Block Bill on Ethics By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Published: January 12, 2007 WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 — After campaigning for months on a promise to tighten ethics rules, Senate Democratic leaders tried unsuccessfully Thursday to block a measure that would shine a light on the shadowy practice of earmarking federal money for lawmakers’ pet projects. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/washington/12ethics.html mespo, nancy pelosi’s statements regarding eliminating earmarks as part of congressional reforms that were repeated by Senator Reid and Democrat leaders in the Senate:

Democrats in Senate Fail to Block Bill on Ethics

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: January 12, 2007

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 — After campaigning for months on a promise to tighten ethics rules, Senate Democratic leaders tried unsuccessfully Thursday to block a measure that would shine a light on the shadowy practice of earmarking federal money for lawmakers’ pet projects.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/washington/12ethics.html

]]> By: mespo727272 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/03/14/only-29-senators-vote-to-suspend-earmarks-for-just-one-year/#comment-8324 mespo727272 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:44:39 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1263#comment-8324 Kermudgeon: Your post would make some sense if Pelosi was seated in the Senate which, of course, she is not. Do all conservatives regard English as a second language? Kermudgeon: Your post would make some sense if Pelosi was seated in the Senate which, of course, she is not. Do all conservatives regard English as a second language?

]]> By: kermudgeon http://jonathanturley.org/2008/03/14/only-29-senators-vote-to-suspend-earmarks-for-just-one-year/#comment-8292 kermudgeon Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:59:57 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1263#comment-8292 Nancy Pelosi http://www.house.gov/pelosi/ "The 110th Congress is making progress for the American people on the toughest challenges we face. For too many years, these challenges have gone unaddressed. We put the interests of all Americans ahead of the special interests by passing tough Congressional ethics reform, restoring “pay-as-you-go” budgeting, and restricting spending earmarks." Oops. Pelosi's office must have forgot to delete "earmarks" from her web site since they had no intention of cleaning them up AFTER Democrats ran on a campaign that included ending earmarks. Nancy Pelosi
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/

“The 110th Congress is making progress for the American people on the toughest challenges we face. For too many years, these challenges have gone unaddressed. We put the interests of all Americans ahead of the special interests by passing tough Congressional ethics reform, restoring “pay-as-you-go” budgeting, and restricting spending earmarks.”

Oops. Pelosi’s office must have forgot to delete “earmarks” from her web site since they had no intention of cleaning them up AFTER Democrats ran on a campaign that included ending earmarks.

]]> By: kermudgeon http://jonathanturley.org/2008/03/14/only-29-senators-vote-to-suspend-earmarks-for-just-one-year/#comment-8291 kermudgeon Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:48:57 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1263#comment-8291 This went pretty near party lines, 46 of the 71 voting against Americans and for earmark waste were Democrats, the balance were GOP. This went pretty near party lines, 46 of the 71 voting against Americans and for earmark waste were Democrats, the balance were GOP.

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