The Absurd Report

While those of us fighting for fiscal responsibility may have suffered a defeat, I refuse to give up. Change will only occur if we continue to fight the status quo in Washington.

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….sources on Capitol Hill who noted that appropriators are leaning heavily on President Bush to back down from an executive order.

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As for Republicans in Congress, a Bush executive order against earmarks is probably their last slim chance to prove their claim to have gotten the message of 2006.

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If the president decided to get tough and issue an executive order instructing all agencies not to be guided by earmarks not actually included in the appropriations legislation, he would have on his side the Presentment Clause in Article 1 of the Constitution, which describes how a bill becomes law.

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In the November 2006 elections, the American people sent a loud and clear message that they are tired of runaway spending, pork, and corruption.[4] Despite promising reform, the Democratic congressional majority produced an omnibus spending bill that includes the second highest number of pork projects of any bill in American history.

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It is the enemy within that scares me more than anything else.

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President Bush should keep his veto pen handy. Congress should drop the gimmicks, reduce the pork, and go home for the holidays.

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Republicans who went back on their word and vote for the bloated spending bill include:

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While conservative senators have boasted recently about ditching the $1 million “hippie museum” earmark from a recent spending bill, they didn’t bother touching billions for Louisiana.

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My Fellow Taxpayer,

need you to join 100,0…

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