themoderatevoice.com - 10/2/2008
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So the Senate labored well into the evening to pass the bailout bill . Well, they were certainly hard at work all right… working to tack on layers of pork to the bill. There were tax cuts, of course, spread scatter shot across the spectrum. Tax cuts for individuals, for businesses… ...
No Funds for Squirrely ACORN
weeklystandard.com 9/29/2008 — Given that the bailout bill is largely agreed upon as a necessary "crap sandwich" that "sucks," it is worth noting that conservative outrage did succeed in stripping the most egregious pork from the bill— funds in an "affordable housing trust fund" ...
Breaking: Senate to Take Up Bailout Bill Tomorrow
firedoglake.com 10/1/2008 —
Pork for the Bankers
Just got the word that the Senate is going to vote on the bailout bill tomorrow. The changes are apparently mainly in the area of loading it up with pork to grease its passage. Odds of passage? Pretty high. The idea is to get it passed in the Senate and then see ...
We're Saved! —
The Jawa Report
The House just passed the Pork Bailout Bill and President Bush is going to sign it! I, for one, am going to celebrate this momentous piece of crap occasion by getting drunk and staying there. When I sober up, I...
Congress Approves Bailout —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
Congress has passed the bailout now that the three page bill has expanded in size a hundredfold and it has been larded with some good old pork:
With the economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial ...
Bailout Packed with Pork —
Drudge Retort
Congressional deal-brookers yesterday slopped a mess of pork into the $700 billion financial rescue bill passed by the Senate last night -- including a tax break for makers of kids' wooden arrows.
It’s Not Pork. It’s a Sweetener! —
The Sundries Shack
The bailout bill passed in the Senate , but it took a bit of trickery for that to happen. The bill had to be added as an amendment to another bill that had already passed the House, which just so happened to contain huge chunks of pork for the Democrats and tax cuts for the Republicans.
Funny ...
The Wooden Arrow Bailout —
Politics Daily
While Senators should be applauded for finally recognizing that America's financial system is on the brink, one can't help but wonder why in the world they included a provision to protect a company that makes children's toy arrows into the bailout bill. Did they think no one would notice the ...
Summing up the entire Campaign —
The Discerning Texan
Reacting to the latest iteration of the bailout/pork bill, Glenn Reynolds gets down to the nitty gritty with this one, simple yet devastatingly powerful observation: If McCain were smart, he'd be running against Congress in general, and Pelosi and Reid in particular. Well, yes... and at the ...
Senate Votes on Bailout = More Ugh —
The Latest on Air America
The Senate vote on the so-called rescue plan is in and alas it seems no one is going to jail. It's a sad day for America.
The bill passed. 74-25. Gasp.
The bill now includes a higher price tag, but also pork prepared several ways: blue, red, and purple. There's a renewable energy tax ...
Text of the New Bailout Bill —
Hyscience
And while you're looking it over , don't forget to go over all the pork that goes with it ( wool research and race tracks too? ).
Please, pray tell, do we really really really need this damned thing? I don't know about you readers, but I've had my fill of this socialist takeover of what use ...
The Text of the New Bailout Bill Has Posted —
Tammy Bruce
And it is now 451-pages long. The path for ACORN money, Dodd's "Housing Trust Fund" is still absent, but there is lots of other pork. Courtesy of Ed Morrissey, here are a few examples of how seriously congress is taking this "crisis":
New Tax earmarks in Bailout bill
- Film and ...
Senate Bailout Bill Contains Pork For Race Tracks, Rum —
Say Anything
The Senate is getting ready to vote on a bailout bill tonight, but if that bill passes Americans won’t just be shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars for the bailout itself. They’ll be shelling out for some pork for race tracks and rum too .
New Tax earmarks in ...
Larding Up the Senate Bailout Rescue Bill —
A Blog For All
Can you say pork? I knew you could.
This bill is even worse than the one rejected by the House in a bipartisan fashion. I have no reason to believe that this version will solve the problems in the financial markets any better than the last version, but it is more likely to pass Congress ...
House GOP Removes Pelosi Pork to ACORN From Bailout Plan —
Gateway Pundit
The House GOP members were able to remove the Pelosi pork going to the Far Left group ACORN from the bailout bill during negotiations last night. This information was sent out this morning from the House GOP office: Two points to keep in mind: ** We have yet to see legislative language. House ...
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