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To: Road Walker who wrote (312656)	11/27/2006 4:18:39 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1573433

"I found this part particularly amusing:" Of the ones I know of, they batted exactly zero on those. Which is not to say they didn't pass them. I happen to remember a couple of them they decided later were needless restrictions on getting things done. No wonder they set records on corruption. No party that took control ever went so far, so fast and with so little regard for public perception.

To: Road Walker who wrote (312656)	11/27/2006 4:41:47 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1573433

EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting. Brian Riedl, a federal budget analyst for the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington, said Republicans had learned to use earmarking to stay in power. "The easiest way to raise money, build a political machine and get reelected is to toss political pork out to your supporters," Riedl said. As a result, he said, "the trend has been straight up." The omnibus spending bill, which would provide funds for 11 of the 15 Cabinet departments for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, is riddled with about 7,000 earmarks, according to a senior Democratic aide..... ...At the close of negotiations over the omnibus spending bill, House Democrats were given a consolation prize: about $20 million for earmarking. That money emerged after Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) won $50 million for an indoor rain forest project in Coralville, Iowa, that he had tried but failed to insert into a separate energy bill. Ten short years...remember the bridge to nowhere? Al