It has become clear that the current Senate leadership and some Senate Republicans may be hearing impaired. They completely ignored the results of the November 2nd election by creating a pork fest with the Omnibus spending bill. It is very important that you call your Senator and ask them to oppose this Omnibus bill.
The Republican leadership is very strongly opposing this bill, but some Republicans are leaning toward supporting this bill and have even added earmarks to the bill. Please call Sen. McConnell and thank him for opposing this bill and encourage him to continue. Some Republicans are leaning toward supporting the Omnibus pork fest as reported by several news outlets. We should remind these Republicans the omnibus includes $1.25 billion to start implementing Obamacare and that if they voted against Obamacare, they cannot in good faith vote for the omnibus.
According to Fox News, Sen. John McCain has indentified over 6,488 earmarks worth 8 billion dollars in the Omnibus bill.
Sen. John McCain tweeted the top 10 earmarks in the spending bill, including $247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington State, $413,000 for peanut research in Alabama, $235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada and $400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas.McCain expressed disbelief about the projects.
“Are we tone deaf? Are we stricken with amnesia?” he said, adding that voters made it clear in last month’s midterm elections that they’re tired of business as usual in Washington.”
If these things are not enough to tell how bad the bill is, realize this: the FDA power grab bill is inserted into the omnibus bill. That bill didn’t pass before and needs to stand on its own. Again, those GOPers that voted against the FDA bill cannot in good faith vote for the spending bill.
Senators Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint are expected
to make the Clerk of the Senate read the 1,924 page bill before a vote is taken. Please call and thank them and encourage them to do so.
Contact Senators Thune and Johnson immediately and demand they oppose the Omnibus spending bill on every vote – including cloture. Urge them to push for a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to allow the new Congress to make the tough fiscal decisions this Congress was not willing to tackle.
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You certainly deserve a round of applause for your post and more specifically, your blog in general. Very high quality material
Too late, I already contacted them and told them I support them, and the bill.