Is it any real surprise that Friday saw efforts to limit pork go down in flames in both the state Senate (via Rep. Zipperer’s office) and the US Senate (H/T – Wolking’s World)?
The state inaction was on Zipperer’s common-sense Earmark Transparency Act, something so non-controversial in the Assembly that it passed on a voice vote. I guess resurrecting Healthy and Depopulated Wisconsin is more important than shining the light of day on pork.
The federal rejection of a “1-year moratorium” on pork is even more egregious because we have names to attach to the pork-lovers. I’m not exactly surprised Russ Feingold and John McCain voted for the moratorium; that’s their “blind squirrel finds a nut” moment. I am also not exactly surprised that a majority of both RepubicRATs and DhimmiRATs voted against it; after all, they’re Senators, and “Senator” is Latin for “giver of pork”. I am, however, surprised that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both rolled back into town to vote with Feingold, McCain, 22 other Republicans, 3 other Democrats, and Joe Lieberman.
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Actually, Al-Feingold is very good on stupid spending. Generally speaking, he’s opposed to earmarks.
As a counterbalance, he’s also opposed to almost all Pentagon spending…