Tuesday, December 07, 2010
NEWS FLASH: Republicans didn't really mean it on fiscal restraint
The incoming Republican congressional majority leadership had its first big test of whether it really meant what it said about changing the big spending culture in Washington. It failed. Big time.
After telling Americans that it had marked earmarks for elimination, House leadership just put the poster boy for federal earmarks at the helm of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, the body that doles out federal cash. Hal Rogers (R-KY), who has funneled millions in taxpayer money back to his eastern Kentucky district has been selected as committee chairman by the House Republican Steering Committee.
When it comes to drunken sailors, Rogers ranks an admiral:
Can the revolution be over this soon?
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After telling Americans that it had marked earmarks for elimination, House leadership just put the poster boy for federal earmarks at the helm of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, the body that doles out federal cash. Hal Rogers (R-KY), who has funneled millions in taxpayer money back to his eastern Kentucky district has been selected as committee chairman by the House Republican Steering Committee.
When it comes to drunken sailors, Rogers ranks an admiral:
Can the revolution be over this soon?
Other posts on this issue:
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