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As the House begins to consider the FY 2008 appropriations bills today, the Democratic Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, David Obey (WI-D), is attempting to pull off the Great Earmark Hoax of 2007.
The notorious Pork Meister is sending the appropriations bills to the House floor earmark free, preventing fiscally responsible congressmen from introducing amendments to strip the bills of outrageous pork projects. Instead, all earmarks will be slipped into the conference report, making it impossible for lawmakers to challenge them because House-Senate compromise bills can’t be amended.
Obey claims this maneuvering has nothing to do with politics, but the overflow of earmark requests flooding congressional offices.
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Just another example of hypocrisy from the "Most Ethical Congress in History"
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