Activism Alert: End the Corruption, Sign the Earmark Pledge
Posted by sage of monticello | Posted in Jim DeMint, corruption, earmarks | Posted on 08-11-2007
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The conservative, but non-partisan, Club For Growth recently released is RePork Card grading Congressman on their efforts to root out government waste from Washington. Groups like Club for Growth are making a serious and concerted effort to end the use of the federal buget as a campaign tool to reward supporters and attract future donations.
And joining with them are consisently conservative Senators like Jim Demint who recently unveiled the Earmark Plede on his website. Please visit and pledge to help end the Favor Factory in Washington D.C.
If not persuaded yet, here is some interesting facts concering the scores –
Sixteen congressmen scored a perfect 100%, voting for all 50 anti-pork amendments. They are all Republicans.
The average Republican score was 43%. The average Democratic score was 2%.
Kudos to Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) who scored an admirable 98%-the only Democrat to score above 20%.
Rep. David Obey (D-WI) did not vote for his own amendment to strike all earmarks in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Rep. Obey scored an embarrassing 0% overall.
105 congressmen scored an embarrassing 0%, voting against every single amendment. The Pork Hall of Shame includes 81 Democrats and 24 Republicans.
The Democratic Freshmen scored an abysmal average score of 2%. Their Republican counterparts scored an average score of 78%.
If still not persuaded, here are some of the more interesting earmark that were voted on – and remember, many of the Republicans who scored low, voted in favor of these earmarks –
$1 million to the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, requested by Rep. John Murtha (D-PA). No congressional member could confirm the existence of the alleged Center. Amendment failed, 98-326.
$2 million to establish the “Rangel Center for Public Service” at City College of New York, requested by none other then Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY). Amendment failed, 108-316.
$50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in California, requested by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA). Amendment failed, 69-352.
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