To: Catfish who wrote (12126 ) 4/7/1999 7:53:00 AM From: Liatris Spicata Read Replies (2) | Respond to
arrell- OT<<For instance, last year with the highway bill, a called and said, "You have $34 for your district: tell us how you want to spend it." To me, that sounded like we were getting the $34 million we paid into the system back, so I told them what our priorities were. The vote came up, and I voted against the bill because it was breaking the budget. When the conference bill came out, the money for my district was removed, except for maybe $6 million. So, I lost the [$28 million] bonus I could have gotten for voting for the bill. That's sort of a legislative line-item veto that committee chairmen have. That's the way the presidential line-item veto would have worked too- not to reduce spending, but to pressure politicians into spending more. Your projects will be deleted if you don't vote for more spending.>>
