Senate RePORK
The Club for Growth has release the Senate RePORK card, which measures how individual Senators vote on anti-pork amendments.
Saxby Chambliss voted for 14 our of the 15 (93%) anti-pork amendments brought to the Senate floor, putting him near the top of the list. Johnny Iskason voted for 11 out of 14.
The Club notes:
Only two amendments were successful. The most popular amendment was offered by Senator DeMint to bar the use of funds appropriated for spinach growers in the Iraq Supplemental Bill (Roll Call #123, 03/29/07); it passed 97-0. The other amendment was offered by Senator Coburn to eliminate $1 million for a museum dedicated to the Woodstock Festival (Roll Call #377, 10/18/07); it passed 52-42.
Did you know that it was a responsibility of the taxpayers and the federal government to provide sand on the beaches on San Diego and to give Democrats and Republicans $100 million for their conventions? I can't see to find these important functions of government anywhere in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Comments
"Did you know that it was a responsibility of the taxpayers and the federal government...to give Democrats and Republicans $100 million for their conventions?"
If I am forced to pay for both conventions, I ought to be allowed to vote in both primaries. Better yet, give me a refund and I won't vote for either of them.
Posted by: Joe | November 5, 2007 04:42 PM
Transparency in government is an absolute necessity for our form of government to survive. Earmarks have become a cancer on our system. This activity must be stopped !!
Posted by: Darrell Keith | November 7, 2007 10:53 AM