House roll call vote 245-178: Another $410 billion down the drain
The House passed Porkzilla 2.0 — the $410 billion omni-waste spending bill – this afternoon.
The roll call vote is here.
Drink the Kool-Aid and repeat after me: There are no earmarks.
In one of many untold, underhanded maneuvers, the House bill had a measure buried in it that will kill school choice in the rotten public schools of Washington, D.C.
For the children.
Of course.
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Fun fact: There were more Democrats who voted against omni-pork than Republicans who voted for it.
15 16 Pro-pork Republicans who voted for it:
Bono Mack
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Cao
Capito
Castle
Dent
Emerson
Gerlach
LoBiondo
McHugh
Miller (MI)
Murphy, Tim
Reichert
Upton
Whitfield
Young (AK)
19 20 Democrats who voted against it:
Bean
Cardoza
Childers
Cooper
Costa
Donnelly (IN)
Driehaus
Giffords
Hill
Kind
Kratovil
Marshall
Matheson
Minnick
Mitchell
Nye
Peterson
Speier
Tanner
Taylor
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Proud to see the 3 NE members voted no.
800 bliion here 400 billion there, soon you are talking real money.
BTW is it true obamas budget includes 634 billion for healthcare???
The surprising thing is Tom Petri, known in Wisconsin for pork, voted nay.
Did any of them read this one?
Really, need you ask???
Sorry, lost my head.
Hmm, despite my strongly worded letter Moore (KS) voted for more slop for the hogs.
BASTARDS one and all that for voted yea on this bill to rob American citizens present and future of their money.
These are the “concessions” that Spector, Collins and Snowe “negotiated” out of porkulus I. Gosh, never saw that coming. I’ll bet they support this bill too.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/budget.healthcare/index.html
My bad, obamas budget includes 646 billion for health care, not 634 billion.
Not that a measily 12 billion counts for anything anymore.
lets see
870
410
634
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1814 billion in less than 60 days.
I give up.
OT: Ann Coulter makes a Jindal/Slumdog Millionaire joke in her latest column.
So what.
Our founding fathers had taxation without representation and rebelled for a mere fraction of a tax burden of what we are quickly being stuck with through taxation with deliberation. The “Tea Party” can’t start fast enough for me!
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
Did you miss the whole Helen Thomas ordeal?
No, I just think people are too hyper-sensitive about this sort of crap today.
No matter, it’s all funny money now. The printing presses at 14th & C St. SW in DC are running 24/7 to keep up with the demand.
9000 earmarks, they didn’t need to read it. There’s something in it for them all. “My porks in it” ok, no problem….. Yea.
Odopey’s next book…..
“The Muslim that fooled them all”
A complete “I did it” guide on Bankrupting the United State’s of America.
Co-Authored by O.J. Simpson
They must be printing nothing but thousand dollar bills.
She also made a joke about this being the only country where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house. Pretty accurate statement.
But what’s the point?
For the children: All they have to do is send their children to private schools as do the President and First Lady. Just apply for a sweet heart loan from Tony Resko and get your wife a $300K job as Community Outreach coordinator somewhere. What is the problem?
I hear there are 9,000 earmarks in this one. Actual earmarks that can’t be called anything else. They are specific. Folks, this is tyranny. This is unconstitutional. These people are drunk with power and they are going crazy. Please, for the love of God, can’t anyone stop them? I doubt that tea parties are going to do the trick. It may make us feel better, but they won’t care one whit. They are hijacking the country. I have a feeling everyone is thinking what I am thinking right now, but won’t say it.
Pretty soon that’s what it’s going to take for a loaf of bread.
410 для свинины
870 для большего количества prok
646 для здравоохранения
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1926 миллиардов и thats не даже целый бюджет!!!
святое ГРЕБАНОЕ ДЕРЬМО!!!
my math was wrong before…
I think my math is as good as congresses today…
sigh…
If it takes every last dime I have, I will make sure my grandchildren go to private schools. I will not allow the communists to indoctrinate those bright, beautiful kids.
What? Just because I am making bulk ammo purchases doesn’t mean I am thinking what you are thinking. Does it?
“…against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
Calling Michael Steele, calling Michael Steele, please report the meat department…
To all current military and vets. Remember what you swore to FIRST in your oath, when the time comes.
“Holy [GREBANOE?” My Russian-to-English translator widget must need updating.
I can’t translate that here. That is why it is in russian.
interesting, my translator doesn’t translate its own translation.
I figured.
What you speak of is beyond words, apparently.
I wish I had the time to compare the earmarks with the house member and the source of their re-election contributions.
As for those who voted against it – It takes no courage to vote against something you know will pass anyway. It was reported that half of the earmarks were from the Repubs. It would be better to find out who submitted no earmarks and voted against it.
1,826 billion (and counting) in less than 60 days is beyond words.
I’ll take “holy [GREBANOE” as an appropriate substitute for the sentiment, though.
On February 25th, 2009 at 5:58 pm, sonofdy said:
I’m scared.
It’s past time for an amendment to the Constitution that outlaws earmarks. All bills should be “clean” bills. Let them vote on every single money-grubbing little project they want to use to buy votes.
Bobby Jindal for President of the Great Country of Louisiana, when it finally gets the guts to seccede from the tyranny of the United States of Obama.
Y’all don’t get it. We just wait for the bill to come in and then lop a few zeroes off our currency. That way we’re getting billions of dollars worth of spending for a fraction of the price. Hey it’s working for Zimbabwe and they chair the U.N. committe for sustainable development, so they have to be credible, right?
An oath I have never forgotten. All I need to know is when and where to report for duty no longer worried about the “IF.”
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
We’re broke so what does it matter if we just become a little more broke. I’m 71 years old and could probably make it to the end of my natural life eating grass and shooting game but for young people it’s a different story. I really feel sorry for the kids just graduating form school and entering the job market . . . there futures appear very dim because of these liberal, socialist idiot Democrats.
With 646 Billion going to healthcare, will I still have to pay my premium of $1,100/month plus copays, deductibles, etc?
Of course I will, but my neighbor with the Escalade won’t pay a dime
Save your money and home school Obama went to the “best” private school in Hawaii. In the best spirit of all that the socialists hold dear – someone else paid for it. Ok a family member, but the point is…
By “healthcare” he means the lawyers suing your doctor…
More than a little off topic here but…
Seems like our last best hope for all of this to be stopped is for it to be proven beyond any doubt that BHO isn’t really qualified, per the constitution, to be POTUS due to citizenship issues.
I don’t personally know if he is or if he isn’t. I just pray that if he doesn’t fully meet those qualifications that at least one person that has actual evidence of BHO’s citizenship comes forth. Afterall, if it is proven he isn’t qualified, every single thing he has signed into law is instantly nullified by that disqualification.
If he is qualified, we’re screwed.
Some years ago, I saw a bumper sticker that said “Support a Lawyer, Become a Doctor”. In all likelihood, the bumper sticker was probably distributed by John Edwards.
Back on topic, I guess we’re headed for Dow 6,000 now within the next couple of weeks.
Hold them accountable. VOTE THEM OUT!
YES! Matheson voted against it!
Not that it really makes a hill of beans worth of difference, since he usually votes with Pelosi, but my estimation of him rose a teeny, tiny notch.
I remind people I work with who were veterans that this oath never ends till you die.
Hikes in income taxes are scheduled to begin in 2010 at which time, inflation will be in high gear propelling many people into the higher tax brackets.
It’s a variation of bracket creep. It’s all pie-in-the-sky. We are just returning to an extreme version of the 1970s’ stagflation caused by runaway spending, excessively high taxes and artificially low interest rates.
We’ll soon be hearing about “malaise” and our bad attitudes.
You need to borrow this line:
Don’t you guys know that Michael Steele is on vacation? After all, he’s been on the job for almost a month already. After several years without a job, it’s a good idea not to over do it at first.
Don’t break a sweat Mikey! Very “declasse”. Touch base with “Brownie” for some good suggestions.
Come on, Obama says we need to be fiscally responsible, so he wouldn’t sign the final form of this bill.
O.k., so he would sign it.
Where does he intend to go after he’s done damaging America?
Back to Chicago?
Honolulu?
An estate in Kenya built as a tribute to him by all of the world’s prominent Marxist-nihilists?
I’m shocked! I tell ya, shocked! Norm Dicks isn’t on the list that voted no?
8(
Sarge
You’re right soap, what was I thinking!
I, PKAmmoTroop, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.
Said ‘em many times and each time I said these most sacred words I realized that the most important words other than “Support and defend the Constitution” and the last sentence are “According to law and regulations”
You vets know what I mean and you active duty folks probably have it figured out by now. For you civilians the words “According to law and regulations” are the biggest, nastiest double edge sword in creation. Other than the obvious, it also means that a GI has pledged a sacred oath before man and God to NOT follow an unlawful order.
By extension we have pledged to insure that unlawful orders are stopped at the source. And the time is coming…
WHat in the world was this bill for? We already had a budget bill for this fiscal year, a stimulus bill, a clap-trap tarp bill (or whatever it was).
Since Obama,Pelosi,Ried have decided to ‘play Santa’ with three or more generations of our money-
Should we? Dig out those unused left over Christmas cards send them by the millions to those in Congress that continue this despicable rip off of America!
The post office would not be happy-
The Christmas Card Campaign Protest!
The Christmas card campaign might just dig the post office out of the toilet!
No surprise that Moore (KS) voted for this pork. He doesn’t think he needs to listen to 500+ that show up IN FRONT of his office to tell him NO!
On February 25th, 2009 at 9:49 pm, Durangodarlin said: (#60)
I’m guessing here. My recollection is that Congress did not have a full set of appropriations (or authorizations, I get confused which is which) for the current fiscal year. What kept programs and such alive was a continuing resolution which only kept funding going until about next month. This bill would be for the rest of the year, possibly minus the Defense and/or Homeland Security Department(s).
What the HELL were Republicans doing voting for this? This only proves that their voting against the first one was nothing more than a stunt. It is obvious that they HATED having to vote against it and would rather have got on board so they could get the goodies they were promised. Not to miss out on Obamaland Schwag twice, the sold their souls to the Tarnished Calf and voted to spend like drunken sorority girl in Ensenada.
Outstanding, you tools. You all deserve to be voted out as soon as possible.
So much for their lies about how if they are voted back into power in 2010 they will make sure 60% of the Socialist Manifesto won’t be spent. It just won’t be spent by Dems.
Anyone been to the Bank of Obama Yet?
Can we swap those 16 RINOs for the 20 Blue Dogs? Minnick especially would be a keeper, since he came up with the only sensible stimulus package (which turned into a closely guarded secret with the MSM’s help).
RetF,
Yep. I’m sure that Michael Steele will be tossing and turning all night over this.
As a side note, did I ever mention that all MLM schemes are from Hell and their proponents are scum? Which is lower DemoLibT(a|u)ds or MLM’rs? It’s really hard to tell.
Crap. It’s getting late…
DemoLibT(a|u)rds It’s a Regular Expression for you software types. Hey! I’m a member of the oppressed nerd class. Where’s my civil rights and where’s my bailout???
She wasn’t insulting Bobby – she was slamming that hag Helen Thomas who insulted him.
Now that the party that toted that line is in total power, that is the group that is getting screwed the worst.
On February 25th, 2009 at 7:29 pm, JustAThought said:
I agree.
BHO’s own campaign already came forth with actual evidence of his citizenship…his British citizenship at birth:
Obama admits that he was born with British citizenship, which became Kenyan citizenship when Kenya became independent of Great Britain.
Obama’s British nationality at birth means he can never be a “natural born citizen” of the US.
To quote Leo Donofrio,
On February 25th, 2009 at 8:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
Has anyone figured out yet that Carter was just as much of a Communist as Obama?
And that Zbigniew Brzezinski played a major role with both of them?
I still maintain that if he has nothing to hide, then why is he hiding it.
Becquse he knows it. He knows what will happen when he finally runs out of excuses to cover it up, and when the right people…such as the two military officers in Iraq…finally come foreword and challenge him to produce his birth certificate.
You think Clinton caused a Constitutional crisis…
The only real question is:
How many people in the Dem. Party will end up in the Federal Penitentiary over this and,
How big will the riots get?
If the shortage of ammunition available to buy is any clue, you can expect something very large coming very soon.
Congrats Dems. You did with one election what the Russians couldn’t do with 50 years.
foreword = forward. See? Even when I spell check…
Has anyone ever asked Obambi what his definition of an “earmark” is? We know Clinton had a different definition of “is”.
I’m waiting to see what happens when the government can’t sell the treasury notes to pay for all this pork. Does anyone know who may have $2trillion to finance this porkfest? I sure don’t.
Then, their only two options will be to raise taxes and effectively kill what’s left of our economy, or print money which would have to be three times more than we already have in our economy.
This should be interesting.
To funny ctmom, I just sent out an e mail to friends and asked the exact same thing. are you in my room? lol
Anyway, I figured it was not an Earmark only when convenient for Odopey.
He’s starting to sound like Pelosi in his televagelist speeches… Lying straight through his teeth saying it loud and proud to suck in the Kool-Aid drinkers with his claims. San Fran Nan has it down, last example would be the “American People are 100% behind these bailouts” give me a break.
Cao voted for this?????
*sigh* We had such high hopes for him
Absolute joke. It was B.Hussein Obama on the campaign trail telling us that earmarks are bad and under his “leadership” this kind of thing would end.
Obama didn’t end earmarks. He SUPERSIZED them and streamlined getting them passed.
Words. Just words. ~B.H.Obama
Like big diesel locomotives, I can hear the sound of the basement Treasury printing presses firing up, preparing to bury us under a mountain of debt. Party on Garth.
Dedicated to:
“All those communists who have gone before us”
SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! is always followed by TAX! TAX! TAX!
This is every Socialist Progressive Democrats wet dream come true.
So the first obama budget is going to be 4 trillion dollars. Plues the 1.2 trillion already signed.
Thats 5.2 trillion BEFORE congress inserts its earmarks.
Thats half the public debt.
And the idiot has the balls to say, he has cut out 2 trillion in spending.
AMAZINGGGG
Don’t forget the follow-up book, “How the clause about being a ‘Natural Born Citizen’ in the Constitution does not mean a thing if you can hide your birth certificate and drclare that the ‘people’ decided it did not matter when they elected him President’” After all, in for an ounce, in for a pound.
And Obama is making a joke of our economy!
Which one do you think really matters?
madshark: If you will buy that, I have a bridge for sale in NY along with some waterfront property in Florida!
Sorry madshark!
Boy, am I embarrassed, or what! Of COURSE we are heading for Dow 6,000 or below! I have become so accustomed to seeing LOTS of zeroes after all these numbers, I made the wrong assumption you thought the Dow was going UP!
Silly me. I’ll read more carefully.
They are not called earmarks anymore…from now on they will be listed as “intregal portions of the bill to keep America’s vital interests intact”.
You see, this comes from the group now known as “progressives”. They used to be called “liberals”. What “progressives” do is to change the name of something that has a overall negative connotation, thinking it will fool the American public (remember when “African-Americans” were known as blacks or colored or…).
So with “progressives”, you can count on a progressively changing vernacular to stay ahead of the negative imagery. Of course, this works often in America today.
To quote Everett Dirkson-A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
None of its real to them as its not “their” money
The defict this year will be above 1.75 trillion. This year. As of now. Thats just about one whole bush term in office, and its only been 37 days.