Wrong, Kenneth...
Democrats in Congress have not been able to spend any money at all since Republicans took control in 1994.
Look at this 2004 pork spending from the left...
$14,534,000 for projects in the state of Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) and the district of House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member David Obey (D-Wisc.), including: $3,690,000 for the Nutrient Management Laboratory in Marshfield; $2,000,000 for the Global Environment Management Education Center at Stevens Point; $900,000 for a cooperative agreement with the Sand County Foundation; $788,000 for urban horticulture; $540,000 for the Babcock Institute; $270,000 for potato storage research at the Agriculture Research Service Laboratory in Madison; $225,000 for grazing research; and $108,000 for the Conservation Land Internship Program.
$9,929,000 for projects in the state of Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member Tom Latham (R-Iowa), including: $1,800,000 for the Iowa Biotechnology Consortium; $1,200,000 for Hungry Canyon/Loess Hills erosion control in western Iowa ; $630,000 for the Midwest Poultry Consortium; $405,000 for agriculture-based industrial lubricants; $293,000 for hoop barns; $270,000 for livestock waste; $252,000 for the Iowa Vitality Center; $120,000 for the Tipton Creek Watershed Project; $100,000 for the Trees Forever Program; and $18,000 for agriculture law at Drake University in Des Moines.
$7,227,000 added by the Senate for projects in the state of Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.), including: $4,337,000 for the establishment of a Geographic Information Center for Excellence in cooperation with West Virginia University; $675,000 for aquaculture product and marketing development; $621,000 for agriculture waste utilization; and $160,000 for poultry litter composting.
cagw.org
NOTE: This is just a small excerpt of pork spending. I've got plenty more to show you if you want to still stick to your claims.
Diz- |
