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Obama and McCain: The Odd Couple
David Corn —
... It was only days ago that an irate John McCain took to the Senate floor to chastise President Barack Obama for signaling he would sign the gargantuan spending bill now being considered by Congress that contains a boat-load of earmarks. "Some much for the promise of change," the defeated Republican presidential candidate declared, his voice dripping with anger and sarcasm--and perhaps a touch of bitterness. ...
Bayh: Veto the Omnibus
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... in today's Wall Street Journal, Bayh writes that the omibus is not the "change" Americans voted for: "Voters rightly demanded change in November's election, but this approach to spending represents business as usual in Washington, not the voters' mandate," Bayh writes. Bayh's comment seems more directed at Congress, but, it should be noted, John McCain made the same point in bashing Obama over the bill's earmarks in a floor speech Monday: "So much for the promise of change," McCain said. ...
Checking in with Congress
Swampland —
... . Congress this week is eating its final smorgasbord before it starts its crash diet, otherwise known as final passage of the FY2009 omnibus. They're also expected to finish the ...
Obama: To Hell with My Pledge on Earmarks
Patterico's Pontifications —
... After the Senate rejected a McCain amendment to remove 9000 earmarks ($7.7 billion), and Obama said he’d sign the bill anyway, some Obama supporters like Chris Matthews and Maureen Dowd are ...
CNN'S Heidi Collins: Monstrous Spending Bill 'Is a Hold-Over From the Last Administration'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... is last year's business. We want to just move on. Let's get this bill done, get it into law and move forward."
Time's Michael Grunwald got it right in explaining why the budget from last year is still pending, and it isn't President Bush's fault:
It was originally drafted last year, but congressional Democrats didn't want to send it to President Bush, so it will only fund the government from April through September.
Paul Kane at The Washington Post points out that the bill is "leftover from last year's ...
