March 11th 2009
“Transparent” Dems Foiled
H
ow committed are the Dems to transparent government? You heard NanPo, handmaiden of Gaea and Hades, promise the most transparent Congress in history when she became Speaker. You heard what the PrezO said just this morning when he signed the pork-laden, corrupt Omnibus Spending Bill:
“But the fact is that on occasion, earmarks have been used as a vehicle for waste, and fraud and abuse. Projects have been inserted at the 11th hour, without review, and sometimes without merit, in order to satisfy the political or personal agendas of a given legislator, rather than the public interest.”
He said today’s omnibus bill was a “departure point” for this practice. And maybe you believe him, because he is our president after all, and he’s the leader of the Dem party, which owns the Hill. Then what about this, from MN Rep. Michele Bachmann:
Today, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 failed to pass in the U.S. House – but only by a very small margin. Its defeat today is a rare, fiscally responsible action in a Congress that has been gung-ho on spending since being sworn into office in January. The Democrat majority had hoped to sneak this 1,200-page, $10-billion package through with no more than 40-minutes of debate.
This omnibus bill today cobbled together over 170 different bills, including 75 measures that we never even reviewed in the House.
Forty minutes of debate? On $10 billion? Let’s see, that’s a minute of debate for every $250 million. Hmmm – I wonder what were they trying to hide. Glad I asked myself that:
Hidden amongst its pages are 19 provisions to restrict American-made energy production and jobs by withdrawing federal land from mineral leasing – such as oil, gas, and coal exploration. It withdraws 3 million acres from energy leasing and recreation use. And, it eliminates 331 million barrels of recoverable oil and 8.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas resulting from energy exploration in Wyoming.
The bill did not pass, but the process by which it was handled was Dem-dreamed up and Dem-run. They either are not listening to Obama, or they know he was just blowing smoke when he was giving us all that talk about transparency and bipartisanship. Or as Bachman put it:
[T]he bipartisanship that the Democrats promised on the campaign trail continues to remain nonexistent. Their procedural maneuvers and failure to require proper vetting continue to show a level of disrespect not only to the Congressional minority – but the American taxpayer.
But what did you expect? Bipartisanship only interests those who aren’t in power.
hat-tip: Jenfidel
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