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A Senate Republican task force on earmarks is expected to stop short of temporarily freezing funding for pet projects, breaking with the party’s presidential nominee and House GOP leaders who are trying to make it a wedge issue in the election, according to people involved in the effort.
The five-member task force, convened in January by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), meets Friday to move toward a consensus position. The issue has continued to dog congressional Republicans who are under enormous pressure from their base to rein in earmarking. Final recommendations are due by March 15.
Even though Republicans say the group is still attempting to take a strong position on the issue, the idea of imposing either a temporary or a long-term moratorium appears to be off the table, Republicans said Thursday.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
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Re: Senate Republicans are likely to reject idea of earmark freeze
As I have said a million times we need to cut Federal spending down to the bare bones of what is constitutionally required. And cut taxes/pay down the deficit with the recouped money.
Yes, that would push more spending to the states which would have to raise taxes/fees but then states and/or counties and/or cities can pay for what they want, not bull**** from Washington.
Re: Senate Republicans are likely to reject idea of earmark freeze
Bingo BF. The GOP has so lost it's place. This is expressly why you can't sign your life away to any single party.
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Re: Senate Republicans are likely to reject idea of earmark freeze
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This is why we have computers, telephones, and the good ol' U.S. Postal Service: write, call, fax, and do it early and often until these dimwits get the message. They are just in self-protect mode now; they think they have to protect their own pet pork or the "other guy" is going to get it.
Just say "NO" to ear-marks. We ain't no cattle and have no need of "ear-marks"!!!
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Re: Senate Republicans are likely to reject idea of earmark freeze
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McConnell needs to go, Thad Cochren should be ashamed of himself.
McConnell and Cochren were they guys trying to push this through. It is the RINO senatrs like Stevens from AL who need to go.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
Re: Senate Republicans are likely to reject idea of earmark freeze
I was thinking of the Senator from OK, my bad on Cochran.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
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