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by Vyan Thu Apr 07, 2011 Original
All day long I've been hearing this Republican Talking point that the current budget impasse is the fault of the Dems because they "Failed to Pass a Budget for FY2010".
Do they think everyone is a member of the C.R.A.F.T. (Can't Remember A Fucking Thing) Club?
It was only 3 Months Ago when Everything, Absolutely Everything was blocked in the Senate unless the Bush Tax Kick-Backs were extended.
Do they really think we're this dumb?
Only because cut a deal and let the GOP have thier tasty tasty tax cuts for another 2 years was anything able to get out of the Senate.
Furthermore the GOP Senators Specifically Blocked the 2010 Omnibus Spending BIll ... because, get this.. because it contained Earmarks that they GOP had asked for.
Republican senators stand to lose nearly $2 billion in project money they requested for their home states if they stick with their leadership and block a year-end omnibus spending bill.
Got that - BLOCK THE YEAR-END OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL.
That's the Bill the Republicans are now screaming at the top of their lungs that Democrats Didn't Pass.
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Let's review.
If Republicans unite behind Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Congress would be forced to pass a stop-gap measure that would likely freeze spending at current levels.
And why were they doing this? Earmarks?
Republican senators won a total of 1,029 earmarks worth a total of $1.9 billion in nine spending bills passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee this year, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense.Bond has touted money he secured for his home state in legislation such as the labor, health and human services bill and the financial services and general government appropriations bill.
His office issued a press release in July highlighting $1 million he secured for the Midwest-China Hub Commission in St. Louis.
Over 1000 Republican Earmarks Totaling almost $2 Billion Dollars.
And then all of a sudden...
McConnell declared last week that he would oppose the omnibus because it would be such a large bill that lawmakers couldn’t know of all the provisions slipped in at the last minute.“Americans don’t want Congress passing massive trillion-dollar bills thrown together behind closed doors,” McConnell said in a floor speech. “They want us to do business differently, so I won’t be supporting an omnibus spending bill.
“We’ve seen what happens when Democrats rush legislation and try to jam it through at the last minute with no time for review or for the American people to learn what’s actually in the bill,” he said.
That Bill had been working it's way through both Houses of Congress for months, but then was stopped dead in November by Republicans, then functionally Killed in December when they began making their "Cut the Taxes or the Kitty Gets It" demands.
And now they say this is all the Democrats fault?
Really?
Sorry, some of us are NOT that Stupid.
Vyan
