Crying Foul
Fox News
House Republicans are crying foul over the Democrats' $463.5 billion bill passed today that funds domestic programs for the rest of the fiscal year. Republicans say it contains $500 million in earmarks — special funding that Democrats promised to eliminate — such as almost $45 million for a tropical rain forest biosphere in Iowa and $266 million for Department of Energy projects that Republicans canceled last year.
One Republican today called the bill "a hooker dressed up like a nun." Democrats say the bill includes previously funded earmarks but no new ones, although House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey told the Washington Post, "I don't love this proposal and we probably have made some wrong choices."
House Republicans are crying foul over the Democrats' $463.5 billion bill passed today that funds domestic programs for the rest of the fiscal year. Republicans say it contains $500 million in earmarks — special funding that Democrats promised to eliminate — such as almost $45 million for a tropical rain forest biosphere in Iowa and $266 million for Department of Energy projects that Republicans canceled last year.
One Republican today called the bill "a hooker dressed up like a nun." Democrats say the bill includes previously funded earmarks but no new ones, although House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey told the Washington Post, "I don't love this proposal and we probably have made some wrong choices."
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 7:33 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home