Today’s Washington Post: When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications gear, could continue to fly counterterrorism agents on “crucial missions” into Iraq. Since the […]
This is absolutely absurd. The Republicans are now threatening the Democrats for holding hearings on Iraq yesterday: Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is threatening to punish Democrats for using an Appropriations Committee room for an unofficial hearing on Iraq oversight if it happens again. “They better stop this,” the Mississippi Republican said. “This will be the […]
Well this is really nice. How do you like this for the “fiscally responsible” Republicans?: Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa), the ranking Democrat on Specter’s subcommittee, noted that funding for Bush’s No Child Left Behind education initiative falls about $15 billion short of the level that was promised when Congress approved it. “That says why so […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee has removed the earmark for the two “bridges to nowhere” in Alaska. This of course still keeps the money available to Alaska, where their Governor is now to decide how it is best spent. The following is from aSierra Club press release: The Senate Appropriations Committee removed earmarks for two controversial […]