Daily Kos: House GOP votes unanimously to fund 'bridges to nowhere'

[highplainsdem]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/03/952163/-House-GOP-votes-unanimously-to-fund-bridges-to-nowhere

The day after voting unanimously to protect big oil subsidies, those deficit peacock House Republicans voted unanimously to keep spending taxpayer dollars on bridges to nowhere.

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The Gavel, minority leader Pelosi's blog, notes that with "Republican leaders like Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) saying Republicans had become 'a party on the Bridge to Nowhere' and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) explaining 'often, taxpayers’ money is spent unwisely on items like bridges to nowhere'" the vote was an opportunity for Republicans to live up to their promises.

Fat chance.

That DKos story links to Nancy Pelosi's blog, which has video:

http://www.democraticleader.gov/blog/?p=3643

While the designation for the earmarks changed in 2006, funding for the ‘bridges to nowhere’ was included in funding for various infrastructure projects and Alaska chose to use or reserve the money for these two bridges specifically. With Republican leaders like Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) saying Republicans had become “a party on the Bridge to Nowhere” and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) explaining “often, taxpayers’ money is spent unwisely on items like bridges to nowhere” House Democrats offered Republicans an opportunity to stop taxpayer money from going to the ‘bridges to nowhere.’ During consideration of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 (HR 662), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) offered a Motion to Recommit to:

Rescind all remaining funds – nearly $183 million – providing for planning, design, and construction of the Gravina Island and the Knik Arm bridges in Alaska – the “Bridges to Nowhere.”

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Rep. Polis explained to his colleagues, “we have a choice-we can vote to continue these most egregious earmarks or we can stand by our words, our vows, and values and vote for this amendment and finally put an end to wasteful spending and pet projects”:

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All House Republicans chose to continue funding the ‘bridges to nowhere’, with the Motion to Recommit failing by a vote of 181-246.

[Trajan]

1. While the facts supporting this charge are real ....

The grammar used in this article is somewhat twisted and difficult to plumb ....

Having facts is one thing - Communicating them is another ....

Democrats fail to communicate well, in a manner that common folk understand, and have been so for decades now ...

[pansypoo53219]

2. some endangered species will be affected.

right?

take THAT hippies.