Senate Resembles 3-Ring Circus
SENATE RESEMBLES THREE-RING CIRCUS AS DEMOCRATS TRY TO BLOCK PRO-GROWTH PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON - The Senate last night resembled a three-ring circus as Democratic leaders tried to stall a pro-growth proposal to reform the earmark process.
Senator Jim DeMint offered strong reform to the most egregious spending abuses in Congress-a proposal that was sponsored by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and that passed the House just last week. After trying, and failing, to kill the DeMint proposal, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Ted Kennedy and other Democrats used stall tactics to delay a final vote. Ultimately, the Senate was forced to postpone it.
"It's terribly hypocritical of Senator Reid and the Senate Democrats to demand earmark reform during last year's campaigns, but then, just two months later, use every trick in the book to block very sensible reforms that would only result in more transparency and accountability in federal spending," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey.
The Democrats said they have a 'New Direction' for America, but it looks like the direction they had in mind was into the back rooms of secret, excessive and wasteful pork barrel spending." said Toomey.
"We're grateful that Senator DeMint, in the face of such harsh opposition, remains steadfast in his insistence that taxpayers have a right to know how their own money is being spent and by whom." Toomey continued, "Senate Republicans, and Democrats willing to put principle over their party leadership's pressure, have a tremendous opportunity to follow Senator DeMint's lead by demonstrating to the American people that they learned one of the most important lessons of last fall's election; namely, that it's time for less wasteful spending in Washington."
The Club for Growth, with its 40,000 members, plans to score a “YES” vote as a pro-economic growth vote in its annual rating of Congress on the DeMint amendment. Click here to learn more.
