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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538273)2/10/2004 4:24:58 PM
From: DizzyG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Are you going down the budget deficit path again, Kenneth?

Historically speaking, the deficit is NOT huge. Get a grip and stop spinning.

Diz-



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538273)2/10/2004 4:39:25 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
the pork barrel demohacks sitting in sub committes and committees, the 48 demohacks shut their fooled mouth on the floor dare NOT filibuster because they are all pork barrel
liberal spenders



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538273)2/10/2004 4:47:15 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Respond to of 769667
 
$298 Millions for ex-KKK robert Byrd
$353 Millions for Daniel Innoye



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538273)2/10/2004 4:54:09 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Respond to of 769667
 
demohacks: $19,973,000 for projects in the state of then-Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) and the district of House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member David Obey (D-Wisc.), including: $8,400,000 for the Cereal Crops Research Laboratory; $3,000,000 for the Nutrient Management Research Laboratory in Marshfield; $550,000 for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture's grazing lands initiative; and $540,000 for urban horticulture.



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538273)2/10/2004 4:55:16 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Respond to of 769667
 
$280,000 for asparagus technology and production in the state of Senate appropriator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member George Nethercutt (R-Wash.). According to USDA officials, "the asparagus industry in Washington and other states is suffering a severe economic loss," and "this research will enable Washington asparagus producers to remain domestically and internationally competitive."



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538273)2/10/2004 4:56:15 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Respond to of 769667
 
$450,000 added by the House for oyster post-harvest treatment research in the district of House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member F. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.). According to USDA testimony, "this research is focused on freezing as a post-harvest treatment" for oysters and shellstock products to reduce the health risks for consumers in Florida. Since 2002, $850,000 has been appropriated for this research.