Bush Stuffs Spending Bills With Earmarks For Dad’s Foundation, Wife’s Librarian Program

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:57 PM
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Bush Stuffs Spending Bills With Earmarks For Dad’s Foundation, Wife’s Librarian Program

Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 06:58 PM by ProSense

Bush Stuffs Spending Bills With Earmarks For Dad’s Foundation, Wife’s Librarian Program

On Monday, President Bush explained his veto of the recent Labor-HHS bill, claiming the “majority” in Congress had abandoned his “clear goals for the Congress to reform the earmarking process” and was “acting like a teenager with a new credit card.”

In reality, Bush “stuffs the budget with billions for pet projects.” According to Senate Democrats, Bush placed 580 earmarks worth $15.6 billion in a recent military and veterans appropriations request, along with “billions” in the energy and water spending bill:

Some presidential earmarks have obvious roots, such as $24 million for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The president earmarked a billion dollars for the Reading First program, which was criticized by government auditors for steering contracts to favored companies. He also sought $8.9 million for the Points of Light foundation, a pet project started by his father, former President George H.W. Bush.

Congress slashed $676 million from Bush’s request for Reading First and eliminated the Points of Light funding. Bush retaliated by vetoing the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill.

The Democratic-led Congress has made major advances in earmark reform in contrast to the profligate spenders of recent conservative-led Congresses. An analysis by Citizens Against Government Waste estimates that earmarks in FY08 appropriations bills are “down about 33 percent from the $29 billion in earmarks in FY06 spending bills”:

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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:58 PM
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1. He is such a prick

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blm

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:59 PM
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2. Great post, Pro. I hope it makes the home page.

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Thu Nov-15-07 07:04 PM
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3. It should be on the home page of all the MSM.

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malaise

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Thu Nov-15-07 07:10 PM
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4. Bush has one plan -to prevent Dems from

representing their constituents while using taxpayer to fund his pet projects. He should be hauled off in chains

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Thu Nov-15-07 07:20 PM
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5. The GOP = GRAND OLD PORKERS.................

Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 07:21 PM by Historic NY

if they can't get it in cash well then they @$%^*! people.

Why is dad having a grand reopening besides his only claim to fame is spawning 43 the village idiot.

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emilyg

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Thu Nov-15-07 07:29 PM
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6. K

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Thu Nov-15-07 09:56 PM
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7. The heist continues...

we're being robbed, and can't do a damn thing. Curses.

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Thu Nov-15-07 10:26 PM
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8. k&r

1 2 3 :kick: :kick: :kick:

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Thu Nov-15-07 11:27 PM
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9. There were more earmarks by Bush

“And let me also point out the amount of dollars in spending directed by the Congress is a tiny fraction of the amount directed by the Administration. First, for instance, the Administration in this bill requests specific earmarks:
• $10 million for Reach Out and Read
• $10 million for Teach for America
• $9 million for Points of Light Foundation
• $4.5 million for America’s Promise
• $1.7 million for the Mind and Body Institute
• $1.4 million for the YMCA

“On top of that, in 2006 alone, the Health and Human Services Department directed spending of $1.9 billion through 21,000 contracts that were less than fully competed. That alone is more than 7 times the amount of congressionally directed spending in this bill.

http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/ObeyFloorHP.pdf

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Fri Nov-16-07 10:51 AM
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10. Kick! n/t

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Fri Nov-16-07 12:12 PM
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11. Follow the earmarks for the Quid Pro Quos.

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