$3 Billion bribe paid to McConnell's state to get Government going.
The bill that was passed, and signed into law, included $3 Billion dollars for a pet project of Senator McConnell's. So we won't negotiate on a medical device tax, but we will agree to bribe a Senator to get his party in line. Does anyone else have any other pork that was in the bill to bribe the Republicans into doing the right thing?
http://wfpl.org/post/mcconnell-reid-deal-includes-3-billion-earmark-kentucky-project
A proposal to end the government shutdown and avoid default orchestrated by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid includes a nearly $3 billion earmark for a Kentucky project.
Language in a draft of the McConnell-Reid deal (see page 13, section 123) provided to WFPL News shows a provision that increases funding for the massive Olmsted Dam Lock in Paducah, Ky., from $775 million to nearly $2.9 billion.
Read the story, the Dam supposedly needed $2.1 billion in repairs, but the additional money? Well Mitch McConnell's office suggested that reporters talk to the Democrats, it was supported by them.
What the hell was Harry Reid thinking?
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