Republican Senators Block Dem Pork
Earlier today the senate was debating HR 5441 the 33 billion dollar budget bill for DHS. The bill is already $1 billion more then the president requested but interestingly enough $400 million less then the house version. Senator Dodd (D-CT) attemped to by pass the senate budget rules and attach a $16 billion amendment for as CSPAN put it ” first responder funds”. The entire bill was $33 billion and he thought he could slip in a $16 billion dollar amendment? I don’t ever want to hear Mr. Dodd moan about spending again.
Not to worry it was voted down by a vote of 62-38. But just remember that 38 Democrats voted for the additional spending. In related news Chucky tried to do a similar thing yesterday with $300 million for “transit security”. It too was voted down though thankfully Cheney was around because it was a 5050 vote.
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