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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538289)	2/10/2004 4:47:19 PM
From: DizzyG	Respond to of 769670

Are you forgetting about the Judicial Nominations filibuster, Kenneth? That was NOT caused by Republicans. Ironically, if the DEMS. were as fiscally responsible as you claim, why didn't they attempt the same ploy for the Omnibus bill or the Medicare bill? Diz-

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538289)	2/10/2004 4:50:11 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

$44,239,000 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: $33,000,000 for the National Animal Disease Center in Ames; $700,000 for the Midwest Poultry Consortium; $280,000 for the Iowa Vitality Center; $235,000 for dairy education; $210,000 for hoop barns; and $100,000 for the Trees Forever Program.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538289)	2/10/2004 4:50:55 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

$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 (538289)	2/10/2004 4:51:54 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

$7,115,000 for projects in the state of then-Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and House appropriator Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.), including: $740,000 for aquaculture product and marketing development; $690,000 for agriculture waste utilization; $600,000 for water pollutants; $180,000 for wetland plants; and $160,000 for feed efficiency.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538289)	2/10/2004 4:57:46 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

kennyboy: enough pork barrel demohacks posts for NOW -- more will come and enough to stuff the demohack faces

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (538289)	2/11/2004 6:13:51 AM
From: JDN	Respond to of 769670

We are not discussing govt in my post, we are discussing ATTITUDES and strategies. While I dont think all democrats are bad people I think many of their leaders are. Sadly, most democrats I know are a family thing that relates back to FDR and they keep blindly voting Democrat for the memory. All you have to do is look at the demographics of the Democratic party base to see they live to EXPLOIT the poor and underprivileged. If they actually helped their base that would be one thing, but in fact they rape them. jdn