On Tuesday 11/13 Preznit Bush vetoed a $606 billion spending bill due to what he calls "pork" earmarks. Well as TP notes most of these are from Republican requesters:
However, much of the “pork” Boehner complained about was requested by Republicans. Aside from the “National Programs and Activities,” the single biggest earmark in the Labor-HHS-Education section of the bill belongs to Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., who won $9.3 million for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The second-largest was requested by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. — $8.4 million for the University of Louisville Research Foundation.
Also today there is this well timed Times article which goes into detail of the local repercussions the veto has: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/14/bush-mcconnell-shelby-earmarks/
While it appears this money is still possible when did Chimpy start becoming so fiscally conservative? Oh ya - this money isn't for Iraq.
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