firedoglake.com - 10/1/2008
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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 ...
Bailout Binge: Senate Porkers Know Not Shame
themoderatevoice.com 10/2/2008 — 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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