From Bloomberg - A 1,924-page “omnibus” bill to fund the government is headed for a U.S. Senate vote that will put lawmakers from both parties on the spot over the practice of earmarking money for their pet projects. The $1.2 trillion measure, unveiled yesterday by Democrats, includes thousands of earmarks and comes just a month after Republicans adopted a nonbinding moratorium on the projects. The Senate’s Democratic majority aims to overcome objections with the help of Republicans such as Senators George Voinovich of Ohio and Bob Bennett of Utah, who scoff at complaints over the projects. “I have a disagreement with my colleagues on earmarks,” said Voinovich, who is retiring after two terms. “We’re fooling the American people when we tell them the problem is earmarks.”
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Senator Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, urged his colleagues to deny Democrats the votes needed to advance the bill that funds federal agencies and programs for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, 2011. “All of us know that it’s really bad for our party to pass an omnibus with earmarks,” he told reporters. Read full story here:
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The republicans had better be planning a filibusterer.
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