The new budget...hardly about "recovery."
Posted by olderdragon - 03/03/09, 06:03 pm
The new spending bill....Obama has pledged to sign it.... WASHINGTON – The Senate voted overwhelmingly to preserve thousands of earmarks in a $410 billion spending bill on Tuesday, brushing aside Sen. John McCain's claim that President Barack Obama and Congress are merely conducting business as usual in a time of economic hardship.
McCain's attempt to strip out an estimated 8,500 earmarks failed on a vote of 63-32. The Arizona senator's proposal also would have cut roughly $32 billion from the measure and kept spending at last year's levels in several federal agencies.
Last year's Republican presidential candidate said both he and Obama pledged during the campaign to **** "stop business as usual in Washington," and he quoted the president as having said he would go line by line to make sure money was spent wisely.****
The White House has said that ***Obama intends to sign the legislation, casting it as leftover business from 2008.*** ****Spokesman Robert Gibbs pledged on Monday the White House will issue new guidelines covering earmarks for future bills.***
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2009030...
one more broken campaign promise...
It sure looks that way - I am still holding out hope that Obama will come through with his promises ultimately - but this new spending bill certainly is not a good start in that regard. Ok - OD - you were very patient and often times humorous about my persistent vocal support of Obama and I thank you for that. You were right - a politician is a politician is a politician......at least that's how it looks.
LindaJean