Let's see - cutting or under funding failed - let's try porking it up!
Well, the Dems cannot seem to get it right. Thinking that they had a mandate, they kinda forgot how they were able to stifle the majority GOP in passing legislation. You'd think they would have learned that lesson, right?
Umm, not so much. As our friend Liz from GOPPROGRESS reports, they're trying the "if you can't go under, try going over!"
This just in from Congressman Jon Porter (R-NV):
The US Congress is preparing to vote on legislation to provide additional funding for our troops in Iraq. In order to persuade many of their colleagues to vote for the measure, the Democrats have loaded the supplemental with language to provide resources for unrelated projects including aid to salmon fishermen, dairy subsidies and $25 million for spinach producers.
Read the restNice. Setting aside the facts that a) agricultural subsidies suck monkey bums and b) sticking fisheries aid, and dairy and spinach subsidies into a defense bill is really beyond the pale, may I just say how totally, completely, utterly unacceptable it is for Democrats to put Republicans in a position where either they behave like fiscal liberals, or they vote against providing critical funding for our troops?
