Want to know what's wrong with Congress?
Just read what Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., told The Examiner's Susan Ferrechio about the prospect of an earmark-free world:
"What's the role of a member of Congress then? Should we just go home after we cast the vote for speaker?"
Rahall speaks as though he's not in Congress at all, but instead on the set of a 1960s game show in which he has 60 seconds to stuff his shopping cart with as many items as possible from the federal Treasury.
Unfortunately, our Founding Fathers did not have "Supermarket Sweep" in mind when they wrote the Constitution. Nor did they expect to see "The Price is Right," the game of selling earmarks for bribes that landed former Republican Rep. Duke Cunningham in federal prison.
Nor could they have expected the House and Senate chambers to become the set of "Let's Make a Deal," in which multiple earmarks are traded for "yes" votes on Obamacare and other bad legislation.
Read more at the Washington Examiner
Just read what Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., told The Examiner's Susan Ferrechio about the prospect of an earmark-free world:
"What's the role of a member of Congress then? Should we just go home after we cast the vote for speaker?"
Rahall speaks as though he's not in Congress at all, but instead on the set of a 1960s game show in which he has 60 seconds to stuff his shopping cart with as many items as possible from the federal Treasury.
Unfortunately, our Founding Fathers did not have "Supermarket Sweep" in mind when they wrote the Constitution. Nor did they expect to see "The Price is Right," the game of selling earmarks for bribes that landed former Republican Rep. Duke Cunningham in federal prison.
Nor could they have expected the House and Senate chambers to become the set of "Let's Make a Deal," in which multiple earmarks are traded for "yes" votes on Obamacare and other bad legislation.
Read more at the Washington Examiner
1 comment:
It's a small step foward in the right direction.....if only the would actually cut spending, without a constant eye on their own re-election.
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