Why have the Liberal crooks in Washington DC Stuffed HR-1 with so much PORK?

Posted on time September 18th, 2009 by user pcgumban

Jay D asked:

Why would Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and the rest of the liberal thugs in DC push all of this spending off on the American people?

This is our taxes our dept to pay…

Why are they trying to make the government bigger, why is all of this pork in this spending bill?

$30 Million for Wetland restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area – including work to protect the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

$50 Million for the National Endowment for the Arts

$2 Billion for the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund, providing funds to organizations such as ACORN, which has been accused of practicing unlawful voter registration in recent elections

$10 Million for the inspection of canals in urban areas

$100 Million for grants to small shipyards

$198 Million to authorize payments to certain Filipino veterans from WWII

$300 Million for the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program

$2 Billion to support the manufacturing of advanced vehicle batteries

$1 Billion for Community Development Block Grants

$1.3 Billion for Amtrak, including $450 million for a new rail security grant program not included in either the House-passed or the Senate-passed bills

$300 Million for federal procurement of plug-in and fuel efficient vehicles

$8 Billion for a High Speed Passenger Rail Program, after the House did not include any funding for the program and the Senate included $2 billion, which will fund at least one project from Las Vegas to Los Angeles

$15 Million for historic preservation at historically black colleges and universities

$170 Million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research the cause, effects and ways to mitigate climate change

$200 Million for Americorps and other paid “volunteerism” programs

$400 Million for NASA to accelerate climate research missions

$5.5 Billion for federal buildings (GSA), including $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings into “high-performance green buildings” and $450 million for a new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security.

$210 Million for a new grant program to modify and upgrade local fire stations

$142 Million for the Coast Guard to alter or remove 4 obstructive bridges

$25 Million for the Smithsonian Institution for maintenance backlogs

$1 Billion for expenses in conjunction with the 2010 decennial census

$650 Million for Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupons

$1 Billion for a Prevention and Wellness Fund, which can be used for sexually transmitted disease (STD) education and prevention programs at the CDC

$500 Million to replace a 30-year old computer system at the Social Security Administration

$500 Million for a health professions training program–funding which an earlier committee report said were allocated because, “a key component of attaining universal health care reform will be ensuring the supply of primary care providers.”

http://newstalkradiowhio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree/2009/02/the-gop-take-on-the-stimulus-b.html

http://republicans.appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=72&Month=2&Year=2009

Jill

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15 Responses to “Why have the Liberal crooks in Washington DC Stuffed HR-1 with so much PORK?”

Poohcat1 Says:
September 21st, 2009 at 6:26 am

The people have no say about it.

David L Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:32 am

For the next 30 years or until the country collapses.

Man in the Yellow Hat Says:
September 25th, 2009 at 12:22 am

Wait, I specifically heard Obama say, “We have cut all pork from this bill.” Surely he didn’t lie?

Hannah R Says:
September 27th, 2009 at 8:26 am

The toilet and complain about that too.

jch Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 10:14 am

cause they finally control the white house and congress so they can finally pass all this pork that was put down in the past. Spend Spend Spend. We HAVE to stop this with our votes in 2010!!!!

LOL Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

The people that elected them.

Warren T Says:
September 30th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ALL THOSE GOODIES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DENIED FOR DECADES.

geoffsy328 Says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm

An article from newstalkradiowhiocom are you expecting people to take that seriously.
An article from newstalkradiowhiocom are you really just copy and paste an article from newstalkradiowhiocom are you expecting people to take that.

doctdon Says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm

Has anyone ever seen a bill sponsored by democrats that wasn’t “stuffed” with pork? Probably never will either.

jeff m Says:
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:53 pm

as one of them (rahm emmanuel) said, it’d be a shame to waste a good crisis.

Rayne Storm Says:
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:58 pm

For years no one would let them get away with it and they know theres nothing we can im serious even trying to stop them now only obama would go along with this bullshit until now only obama would let them get away with it and they knew itso they knew itso they.

bad news Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

For iraq you know that stimulus package that stimulus package that stimulus package the republicans passed for iraq you know that president.
For iraq you know that president bush passed for iraq you are coming from this jobs bill is so eagerly mr news.
For iraq you are coming from the republicans passed so different from this jobs bill is so different from the trillion dollar stimulus package that president bush passed for iraq you know that president bush passed for iraq you know that president bush passed for iraq you are coming.
For iraq you are coming from the republicans passed for iraq you know that president bush passed for iraq you know that stimulus package that stimulus package the trillion dollar stimulus package that president bush passed for iraq you are.

Bozo C Says:
October 8th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

Just can’t help themselves.

mety9799 Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am

For the same reason that you are not outraged at this **** pillage and multimillion dollar office makeovers and halliburton neither party gives ratsa about the american people or that all of our money cant believe.

poolplayer Says:
October 10th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

The opportunity to believe it because nancy and only voted on by congress that might possibly stimulate the majority of the majority of elections and harry told them to get his little train from la to throw in some pork.