On why poltiticians are scum.
Apr. 13th, 2005 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingAs the Senate began to debate Bush's request for more than $80 billion in supplemental military spending on Monday, senators seized a chance to pack pet projects into an unstoppable bill, adding provisions dealing with oil drilling, forest services, a new baseball stadium for Washington and economic assistance to Palestinians.
On Monday night, others were seeking to incorporate changes to immigration laws as well.
Senator Thad Cochran, the Mississippi Republican who is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called the draft "a straightforward bill" that "meets the needs of our fighting forces overseas" and "addresses emergency requirements here at home."
His own addition to the spending bill was a measure giving Mississippi control of the mineral rights and the ability to permit certain drilling below the Gulf Islands National Seashore in the Gulf of Mexico.
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This is why you don't allow people to A) change bills after they're voted on and B) add unrelated riders to bills.
Because, you know, anyone who votes against the pork is going to be tarred with the "WHY DO YOU HATE OUR TROOOOOOOOOOPS!" brush for the next two hundred years or so.
On Monday night, others were seeking to incorporate changes to immigration laws as well.
Senator Thad Cochran, the Mississippi Republican who is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called the draft "a straightforward bill" that "meets the needs of our fighting forces overseas" and "addresses emergency requirements here at home."
His own addition to the spending bill was a measure giving Mississippi control of the mineral rights and the ability to permit certain drilling below the Gulf Islands National Seashore in the Gulf of Mexico.
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This is why you don't allow people to A) change bills after they're voted on and B) add unrelated riders to bills.
Because, you know, anyone who votes against the pork is going to be tarred with the "WHY DO YOU HATE OUR TROOOOOOOOOOPS!" brush for the next two hundred years or so.