Truth and consequences
“Most ethical congress in history?”
“The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history,” Pelosi said.
…Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid of Nevada told supporters, “All across America tonight . . . there is in the air a wind of change.” ~washingtonpost.com
I’m confused…
WASHINGTON - After promising unprecedented openness regarding Congress’ pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget year.
Democrats are sidestepping rules approved their first day in power in January to clearly identify “earmarks” — lawmakers’ requests for specific projects and contracts for their states — in documents that accompany spending bills.
Rather than including specific pet projects, grants and contracts in legislation as it is being written, Democrats are following an order by the House Appropriations Committee chairman to keep the bills free of such earmarks until it is too late for critics to effectively challenge them. ~news.yahoo.com
Confusing? Not really. I never imagined for a minute that Democrats would clean up their act. After all Republicans weren’t creating congressional corruption they were following 40 years of it. Democrats practically invented corruption in congress.
“Tonight is a great victory for the American people,” Pelosi said in a late-night speech in Washington. “Today the American people voted for change, and they voted for Democrats to take our country in a new direction.” She described the vote as a mandate “to restore stability and bipartisanship” in Washington and for “a new direction” in the war in Iraq.
Democrats really aren’t good at lying. Though they are quite practiced at it. Balancing the budget? Correcting Republican fiscal irresponsibility? Spending cuts were never part of the plan. Raising taxes, yes. Passing more complex, arcane, and encumbering regulations for all Americans, yes.
WASHINGTON — Defying veto threats, House Democrats are proposing a more than $10 billion increase above President Bush’s budget request for health, education and labor programs in the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
Virtually all domestic agencies will receive more than the White House proposed, but the commitment to health and education, two core issues in the 2006 congressional campaign, is …Â ~online.wsj.com
Well -
To respond to Senator Reid’s comment, there IS, in fact, a wind in the US tonight, Senator.
It’s from Nevada. From your office there and crossing the country to your DC office.
However, that wind is breaking, not blowing.
Heil Hegemon!
Blue Collar Muse