Big News! by Andrew Roth
The Bear on Jan 25 2006 at 4:18 am | Filed under: Need to Know
I just received this earth-shattering email from Senator Tom Coburn’s office:
To rein in wasteful spending, Dr. Coburn intends to offer an amendment on every pork project stuffed into appropriations bills this year. There were at least 13,998 earmarked projects contained in last year’s appropriations bills. By way of comparison, the Senate had only 366 roll call votes last year. Needless to say we are beefing up our appropriations staff for this challenge and we have requested that we be given at least 72 hours to review appropriations bills before they are considered.
Memo to Ted Steven’s office: Bring a defibrillator with you to the Senate floor from now on.
SideBear: For those of you who may not remember Doctor/Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)is the man who campaigned against the Alaskan ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ and other pork earmarks to save money which caused Senator Stevens (R-AK) to have a fit of rage and threaten to quit the Senate. Refreshing isn’t it.
I have been impressed with the Doctor/Senator whom I have seen in several interviews. He is a straight talking conservative that’s probably due to the fact he has not been a career politician.
When Washington is spending our money, Washington is out of control.
From: The Club For Growth
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