Some of you folks have probably heard of the Bridge to Nowhere, a $223M project that will build a bridge nearly the length of the Golden Gate to connect Ketchikan (Pop ~8000) to Gravina Island (Pop 50). The government could buy every resident on Gravina a private jet for cheaper. There is currently a ferry which connects these two areas (which numerous residents have said is quite sufficient).
So, Senator Coburn introduces a porkbusting amendment that would cancel the Bridge to Nowhere and Don Young Way and use that $454 for New Orleans reconstruction. How did the voting end up? Failed, 15-82. Voting yes:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/20/172146/11
Burr (R-NC) Chafee (R-RI) Coburn (R-OK) Cornyn (R-TX) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Ensign (R-NV) Feingold (D-WI) Grassley (R-IA) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) Smith (R-OR) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)
Similarly, an earlier Coburn amendment sought to revoke $1.5M in pork projects in Rhode Island, Washington State, and Nebraska was, again, rejected. Voting yes:
George Allen (R-VA) Richard Burr (R-NC) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Jim DeMint (R-SC) John Ensign (R-NV) Russ Feingold (D-WI) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Jon Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) Jeff Sessions (R-AL) John Sununu (R-NH) Jim Talent (R-MO)
Now, Congress is using CDC money to fund Japanese gardens over AIDS treatment:
http://tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com/2005/10/porkbusters-update-people-dying-of.html
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-PA, engaged in a dialogue on the Senate floor earlier this week regarding the former's amendment to transfer $60 million previously appropriated for a Japanese garden at an Atlanta federal building to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. Their exchange provides a vivid demonstration of the warped priorities encouraged by pork barrel culture in Congress.
So, Senator Coburn introduces a porkbusting amendment that would cancel the Bridge to Nowhere and Don Young Way and use that $454 for New Orleans reconstruction. How did the voting end up? Failed, 15-82. Voting yes:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/20/172146/11
Burr (R-NC) Chafee (R-RI) Coburn (R-OK) Cornyn (R-TX) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Ensign (R-NV) Feingold (D-WI) Grassley (R-IA) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) Smith (R-OR) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)
Similarly, an earlier Coburn amendment sought to revoke $1.5M in pork projects in Rhode Island, Washington State, and Nebraska was, again, rejected. Voting yes:
George Allen (R-VA) Richard Burr (R-NC) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Jim DeMint (R-SC) John Ensign (R-NV) Russ Feingold (D-WI) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Jon Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) Jeff Sessions (R-AL) John Sununu (R-NH) Jim Talent (R-MO)
Now, Congress is using CDC money to fund Japanese gardens over AIDS treatment:
http://tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com/2005/10/porkbusters-update-people-dying-of.html
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-PA, engaged in a dialogue on the Senate floor earlier this week regarding the former's amendment to transfer $60 million previously appropriated for a Japanese garden at an Atlanta federal building to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. Their exchange provides a vivid demonstration of the warped priorities encouraged by pork barrel culture in Congress.
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