Meet the mother of all earmarks: $48 billion

Fiscal Hawk, Emanuel Cleaver Proposes Mother Of All Earmarks $48B To Redistribute Wealth To Under Served Communities
What happened to Emanuel Cleaver’s Facebook “Savings Spotlights” posts  from last summer? I so enjoyed those - because it almost looked like a liberal Dem was taking the Deficit seriously, and was finally trying to rein in spending. A cynic might have suspected that one of the most left-wing members of Congress, a member of the progressive (DSA) Caucus , and Fidel Castro fan , was simply offering bromides to a public sick to death of Washington’s wild spending,...

BREAKING: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Earmarks $48 BILLION to Pal Who Runs Shady Child Day Center From His Home With His Wife
Earlier today it was reported that Far Left Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) proposed a $48 billion earmark to redistribute Taxpayer money to the Inner City. Liberal Rep. Emanuel Cleaver proposed a whopping $48 BILLION EARMARK that would redistribute wealth to the inner cities and gift money to the poor and thereby produce a much larger consumer class to buy the goods and services produced in this country. Rep. CLeaver will lead the Congressional Black Caucus next year. (CBC Blog) The $48 b...

Unbelievable Democrat Asks for $48 Billion Earmark to Redistribute Wealth to Inner Cities
No, this is not a joke. The Mother of All Earmarks… Liberal Representative Emanuel Cleaver has proposed a whopping $48 BILLION EARMARK that would redistribute wealth to the inner cities. Rep. CLeaver will lead the Congressional Black Caucus next year. (CBC Blog) Democrats push for one last humongous earmark. The Southeast Missourian reported: Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics. In the midst of a col...

The $48 Billion Dollar Earmark
Redistribution writ large: Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics. In the midst of a colossal global concern for the economic stability of our great nation, Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri’s 5th Congressional District representative, has one small earmark on his wish list that deserves some attention. Cleaver has listed a new earmark — one of several — and he promises to “fight for every one.R...

DEMOCRAT Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Earmarks $48 BILLION to Pal Who Runs Child Day Care Center From Home With His Wife
Redistribution on Steroids Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Earmarks $48 BILLION to Pal Who Runs Child Day Care Center From Home With His Wife Redistribution on Steroids Southeast Missourian Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics. In the midst of a colossal global concern for the economic stability of our great nation, Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri’s 5th Congressional District representative, has one small earmark on his wi...

Fiscal Hawk, Emanuel Cleaver Proposes Mother Of All Earmarks $48B To Redistribute Wealth To Inner Cities
G.I. Wood Shop Inc. Mrs. Peel Oh…My Valve! V The K’s Caption This! An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later. What happened to Emanuel Cleaver’s Facebook “Savings Spotlights” posts  from last summer? I so enjoyed those - because it almost looked like a liberal Dem was taking the Deficit seriously, and was finally trying to reign in spending. A cynic might have suspected that one of the most left-wing members of Congress, a member o...

Unreal: Dem Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Proposes $48 Billion Earmark to Redistribute Wealth to Inner Cities
Chutzpah!… (Southeast Missourian) - Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics. In the midst of a colossal global concern for the economic stability of our great nation, Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri’s 5th Congressional District representative, has one small earmark on his wish list that deserves some attention. Cleaver has listed a new earmark — one of several — and he promises to “fight f...

Unbelievable Democrat Asks For $48 BILLION EARMARK to Redistribute Wealth to Inner Cities
No, this is not a joke. Liberal Representative Emanuel Cleaver has proposed a whopping $48 BILLION EARMARK that would redistribute wealth to the inner cities. The mother of all Earmarks. Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics. In the midst of a colossal global concern for the economic stability of our great nation, Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri’s 5th Congressional District representative, has one small earmark...

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Sen. Durbin blasts GOP horror at $1.1 trillion: Thats exactly the amount they asked for
Stumble This! Senate Republicans have been expressing outrage over the $1.1 Trillion allotted to the government in the omnibus spending bill, but the number should not come as a surprise. In January, Republicans proposed a $1.1 Trillion cap for the 2011 fiscal year to fight "Washington's voracious appetite for spending." Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) reminded them of the fact on the Senate floor Thursday, saying it's true there is "$1.1 Trillion in this bill" but "that's exactly the ...

A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill
Pork, pork, pork. It's enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it's a bacchanalia of pork spending and Earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and there you can see how much the earmark costs us, where it is going, and which of our congressmen asked for the earmark. There's One million, five hundred eighteen thousand dollars for animal ...

A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill
Pork, pork, pork. It’s enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it’s a bacchanalia of pork spending and Earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and there you can see how much the earmark costs us, where it is going, and which of our congressmen asked for the earmark. There’s One million, five hundred eighteen thousand d...

Democrats push for $48 BILLION more in Black Reparations
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver is demanding $48 BILLION in new Black Reparations “Obama Money” from the United States Treasury. He wants to just “distribute it” in downtown Kansas City, Missouri to Obama voters. This is more of your money, taken from your check every week, that — just like the Pigford Black Reparations settlement — will be handed over to Obama voters based on the color of their skin and just how shameless they are in demanding it. Emanuel Cleaver...

Congressman Proposes $48 BILLION Earmark
Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics. In the midst of a colossal global concern for the economic stability of our great nation, Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri's 5th Congressional District representative, has one small earmark on his wish list that deserves some attention. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize...

Emanuel Cleaver and the $48 Billion Redistribution Earmark
Missouri’s 5th District Democrat Congressman, Emanuel Cleaver, has proposed a $48 Billion earmark to pay for Phase I…only, of an urban development project - which is nothing more than a handout to inner cities - “Earmarks on Steroids.” Following the Cleaver story you’ll find information about how earmarks must be authorized and appropriated, but sometimes are not. To jog your memory, Cleaver is the Black congressman who claimed he was “spat” upon durin

On Tax Bill: 'Genuine Compromise ... May Have Worked'
What is this? The final tally of the House vote to pass the tax deal struck by President Obama and Republican leaders in Congress. The final tally of the House vote to pass the tax deal struck by President Obama and Republican leaders in Congress. "That's sort of the reason it passed," said Andrea. "Genuine Compromise, where every side gives a little at least ... may have worked for one of the first times that I can remember in the House of Representatives." This feature requires version 9 or hi...

Earmarks From the Crypt
So you thought when John Murtha died that the endless stream of pork heading to his district would cease? Not so fast, my friends, not so fast. Behold Zombie Murtha. In these times when it is fashionable to be ostensibly austere, the Senate omnibus spending bill has drawn considerable criticism for being larded up with pork projects -- some of which is emanating from lawmakers who put the Earmarks there themselves. And in this reporter's view, it's only fitting that Rep. John P. Murtha, D-John...

Reid Drops Omnibus Spending Bill
(NewsCore) - In a surprise move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he does not have the necessary votes to file for Cloture on a $1.1 Trillion omnibus spending bill and will therefore not bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. Reid said nine Republicans, who he refused to name, had previously assured him of their support for the bill but had walked away from it in the last few days. Instead, Reid said he will now work with Senate Minority Le...

Washington, D.C. Post Office Named After Civil Rights Leader Dr. Dorothy Height
In honor of the rich legacy of Dr. Dorothy I. Height, a Washington, D.C. area Post Office has been renamed in her honor by President Barack Obama. The president signed H.R. 6118 earlier this week to designate the facility in northeast Washington, D.C. near Union Station as the Dorothy I. Height Post Office.  Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) introduced the Legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives in September.  At least 20 members of the Congressional Black Caucus were co...

The Failure of the Omnibus and the End of Appropriation
It's impossible to understand what Sen. Harry Reid did tonight, in pulling the omnibus spending bill from the Senate floor, without considering what has happened to the political power of appropriators in 2010. - The chairmen of the House Appropriations, Transportation, Budget, and Armed Services committees either retired or lost their seats. Blanche Lincoln, having taken over the Agriculture committee in the Senate, was defeated. - Republicans buckled and agreed to a Caucus-wide ban on earmark ...

BREAKING: Porked Up Omnibus Dead? UPDATE: DEAD
Looks like it. URGENT URGENT Sen Harry Reid (D-NV) says he won't force vote on earmark-filled Senate Omnibus Budget bill Full story here. Various reports are now saying Reid is going to talk to McConnell about a short term Continuing Resolution (which is what McConnell demanded earlier today). Reid says he had commitments from 9 Republicans to vote for Omnibus but they walked away from it. Well, they may not be committed to fiscal discipline but it seems they are scared. That's good enough. On...

Harry Reid Pulls Spending Bill; Would Government Shutdown Serve Democrats Better?
After Republicans backed away from the Senate spending bill when they got caught with Earmarks after renouncing them, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the bill. Republicans contributed mightily to this failure and are going through their own Culture War — torn between the Senate’s old-bull pork-barrel ways and the more temperate fiscal gospel of their new Tea Party allies. Adding to the GOP’s worries is the agitation on the right over the high cost and impact on the Deficit of a

After Tax Vote, New York Tea Partiers Fume
Less than two months after electing what they would hope will be an army of Deficit hawks, New York's Tea Party Activists are fuming that the current Congress approved another round Budget-busting stimulus in yesterday's deal to extend the Bush-era Tax Cuts. "My objections are that it's too expensive, not because the continuation of the tax cut, but because of the spending and the Earmarks attached," said Frank Santarpia, the founder of the Staten Island Tea Party of the $857 billion bill, whi...

Parties no longer equal on pork
The defeat last night of the OmniPorkulus bill, as the Boss Emeritus calls it, gives us a chance to revisit the long-held — and long-true — belief that both parties are equally addicted to pork-barrel spending.  That certainly proved true enough when Republicans held power, as Earmarks skyrocketed and both parties squealed with delight at the trough.  However, a new study by a coalition of of Watchdog groups on the FY2011 Budget proposal shows that one party has made great stride...

Taxpayers Got a Big Christmas Present Yesterday, but It Wasnt the Tax Bill
There’s a lot of attention being paid to yesterday’s landslide vote in the House to prevent a big Tax Increase next year. If you’re a glass-half-full optimist, you will be celebrating the good news for Taxpayers. If you’re a glass-half empty pessimist, you will be angry because the bill also contains provisions to increase the burden of Government Spending as well as some utterly corrupt tax Loopholes added to the Legislation so politicians could get campaign cash from sp...