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October 20, 2005
The Coburn Amendment
I'm on board. Anyone else?
Posted by Matt at October 20, 2005 01:42 PM
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Excuse me, bloggers, but you are going after the wrong pork to chop. Sorry. Wizbang! calls it "A Bridge Too Far." The Club for Growth had to open a second blog just to follow the debate and the votes on the Senate floor at Sen. Tom Coburn tries to have... [Read More]
Tracked on October 20, 2005 06:13 PM
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Congrats to the 12 Republicans and 1 Democrat that voted to (try to) keep the smaller Coburn amendment. (See the 1:40pm update here.)
Posted by: Doug Payton at October 20, 2005 06:04 PM
Hmm, Don Surber who links to this post has a good point. These are federal gas tax dollars. Are we suggesting that the whole federal budget is essentially one big slush fund to redistribute at will? I agree that these pork projects need to go, but the money is still earmarked as transportation dollars.
This is probably a longer-term issue than one bill's pork.
Posted by: Doug Payton at October 21, 2005 11:25 AM
I am not so sure Surber has such a good point in regard to the Coburn ammendment I support. Both the Alaska bridge-to-nowhere boondoggle and the damaged Louisiana bridge are highway projects. It is just a matter of priorities which is what Senators are supposed to establish.
Posted by: Gary Best at October 22, 2005 05:53 AM