Friday, August 10, 2007

Congress' Pork Spending Spelled Out so Easy a Democrat Could Understand It!


Swiped from Spree (with permission) at Wake Up America! who Cross Posted from an email she received and thanks to Norm for the email reminder about the Club for Growth email.

The Club for Growth keeps track of the Pork and our Congressional numbers on who votes for pork and who votes against it.

The numbers speak for themselves.

As an Arizona citizen, I will highlight our "larders", er, um, "leaders".

Club for Growth Releases 2007 RePORK Card

Washington - Even though the Democratic majority vowed to return Congress to a path of fiscal responsibility, the 2008 appropriations bills were stuffed with wasteful pork projects. While Representatives John Campbell, Jeff Flake, Jeb Hensarling, Scott Garrett, and David Obey (1 amendment) offered 50 amendments to strip outrageous pork projects from the appropriations bills, only one amendment, offered by Rep. Jeff Flake, passed.

The Club for Growth has compiled a RePORK Card of all members' votes on all 50 anti-pork amendments (see below). "Taxpayers have a right to know which congressmen stand up for them and which stand up for the special interests," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "Unfortunately, the Club for Growth RePORK Card shows that most congressmen care more about lining their buddies' pockets than they care about protecting American taxpayers."

Some interesting numbers to consider:
  • 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%.
  • The average score for appropriators was 4%. The average score for non-appropriators was 25%.
  • 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%.

Some of the targeted pork projects this year include:

  • $2 million for a "Paint Shield for Protecting People from Microbial Threats," requested by Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH-11). Rep. John Campbell challenged Murtha to demonstrate that the $2 million earmark would be effective and that it had been put up for a competitive bid. Murtha could not. Amendment failed, 91-317.
  • $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 than Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY). Amendment failed, 108-316.
  • $34 million for the Alaska Native Education Equity program, requested by Rep. Don Young (R-AK). When Scott Garrett challenged Young's earmark, Rep. Young declared, "You want my money, my money!" Amendment failed, 74-352.
  • $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in California, requested by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA). Amendment failed, 69-352.
  • $100,000 for renovation of the Fire Fighters Hall in Columbus, Ohio, requested by Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH). Amendment failed, 66-364.
  • $100,000 for the renovation of St. Joseph College's theatre in Indiana, requested by Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN). Amendment failed, 97-328.


These scores reflect the percentage of YES votes on 50 anti-pork amendments, which are itemized at the bottom of the page. Four House members were not included on this scorecard:

1. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA-01) - recovering from surgery and thus did not vote
2. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-08) - the Speaker of the House typically does not vote
3. Charles Norwood (R-GA-10) - passed away on Feb. 13, 2007
4. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA-37) - passed away on Apr. 22, 2007

Full Name Score Ratio
Flake (R-AZ-6) 100% 50 / 50
Campbell (R-CA-48) 100% 50 / 50
Hensarling (R-TX-5) 100% 50 / 50
Broun (R-GA-10) 100% 12 / 12
Deal (R-GA-9) 100% 50 / 50
Franks, T. (R-AZ-2) 100% 50 / 50
Garrett (R-NJ-5) 100% 48 / 48
Heller (R-NV-2) 100% 50 / 50
Kline, J. (R-MN-2) 100% 50 / 50
Lamborn (R-CO-5) 100% 49 / 49
Pence (R-IN-6) 100% 44 / 44
Ryan, P. (R-WI-1) 100% 50 / 50
Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5) 100% 50 / 50
Shadegg (R-AZ-3) 100% 50 / 50
Thornberry (R-TX-13) 100% 50 / 50
Westmoreland (R-GA-3) 100% 50 / 50
Cooper (D-TN-5) 98% 49 / 50
Feeney (R-FL-24) 98% 48 / 49
Jindal (R-LA-1) 98% 42 / 43
Jordan (R-OH-4) 98% 47 / 48
Miller, J. (R-FL-1) 98% 49 / 50
Price, T. (R-GA-6) 98% 49 / 50
Bachmann (R-MN-6) 96% 48 / 50
Cannon (R-UT-3) 96% 48 / 50
Chabot (R-OH-1) 96% 48 / 50
Linder (R-GA-7) 96% 48 / 50
Myrick (R-NC-9) 96% 43 / 45
Akin (R-MO-2) 94% 47 / 50
Blackburn (R-TN-7) 94% 46 / 49
Musgrave (R-CO-4) 94% 45 / 48
Petri (R-WI-6) 94% 47 / 50
Sali (R-ID-1) 94% 47 / 50
Sessions, P. (R-TX-32) 94% 31 / 33
Sullivan (R-OK-1) 94% 44 / 47
Conaway (R-TX-11) 92% 46 / 50
Pitts (R-PA-16) 92% 46 / 50
Royce (R-CA-40) 92% 46 / 50
Terry (R-NE-2) 92% 46 / 50
Davis, David (R-TN-1) 91% 43 / 47
King, S. (R-IA-5) 91% 43 / 47
Barrett (R-SC-3) 90% 45 / 50
Inglis (R-SC-4) 90% 45 / 50
Mack (R-FL-14) 90% 45 / 50
Duncan (R-TN-2) 88% 44 / 50
Coble (R-NC-6) 87% 39 / 45
Issa (R-CA-49) 86% 43 / 50
Neugebauer (R-TX-19) 86% 43 / 50
Rohrabacher (R-CA-46) 86% 43 / 50
Walberg (R-MI-7) 86% 43 / 50
Wilson, J. (R-SC-2) 86% 43 / 50
Ramstad (R-MN-3) 84% 42 / 50
Smith, Adrian (R-NE-3) 84% 42 / 50
Stearns (R-FL-6) 84% 42 / 50
Tancredo (R-CO-6) 84% 21 / 25
Cantor (R-VA-7) 82% 40 / 49
Pearce (R-NM-2) 82% 41 / 50
Poe (R-TX-2) 82% 41 / 50
Fossella (R-NY-13) 81% 39 / 48
Bilbray (R-CA-50) 78% 38 / 49
Burton (R-IN-5) 78% 39 / 50
Graves (R-MO-6) 76% 38 / 50
Roskam (R-IL-6) 76% 38 / 50
Shimkus (R-IL-19) 76% 37 / 49
Gingrey (R-GA-11) 74% 37 / 50
Lungren (R-CA-3) 74% 37 / 50
Schmidt (R-OH-2) 74% 37 / 50
Johnson, S. (R-TX-3) 72% 28 / 39
Bishop, R. (R-UT-1) 71% 30 / 42
Burgess (R-TX-26) 71% 34 / 48
McHenry (R-NC-10) 71% 35 / 49
Nunes (R-CA-21) 69% 34 / 49
Hastert (R-IL-14) 68% 26 / 38
Keller (R-FL-8) 68% 34 / 50
McCarthy, K. (R-CA-22) 66% 33 / 50
Barton (R-TX-6) 64% 32 / 50
McCaul (R-TX-10) 62% 31 / 50
Marchant (R-TX-24) 61% 30 / 49
Boehner (R-OH-8) 60% 29 / 48
Buyer (R-IN-4) 60% 30 / 50
Platts (R-PA-19) 58% 29 / 50
Gohmert (R-TX-1) 56% 28 / 50
Mica (R-FL-7) 56% 28 / 50
Souder (R-IN-3) 55% 27 / 49
Putnam (R-FL-12) 54% 27 / 50
Rogers, Mike (R-MI-8) 54% 27 / 50
Buchanan (R-FL-13) 52% 26 / 50
Kingston (R-GA-1) 52% 26 / 50
Radanovich (R-CA-19) 52% 25 / 48
Biggert (R-IL-13) 50% 25 / 50
Herger (R-CA-2) 47% 22 / 47
Brown-Waite, G. (R-FL-5) 46% 23 / 50
Ehlers (R-MI-3) 45% 22 / 49
Camp (R-MI-4) 44% 22 / 50
Johnson, Timothy (R-IL-15) 44% 22 / 50
Foxx (R-NC-5) 43% 21 / 49
Upton (R-MI-6) 42% 21 / 50
Castle (R-DE-AL ) 40% 20 / 50
Brady, K. (R-TX-8) 38% 18 / 47
Carter (R-TX-31) 38% 18 / 48
Fortenberry (R-NE-1) 38% 19 / 50
Tiberi (R-OH-12) 38% 19 / 50
Goodlatte (R-VA-6) 36% 18 / 50
Dreier (R-CA-26) 34% 17 / 50
Hall, R. (R-TX-4) 32% 16 / 50
Weldon (R-FL-15) 30% 15 / 50
Paul (R-TX-14) 29% 12 / 41
Davis, T. (R-VA-11) 28% 14 / 50
Bartlett (R-MD-6) 27% 13 / 49
Bilirakis (R-FL-9) 26% 13 / 50
Fallin (R-OK-5) 26% 13 / 50
Gallegly (R-CA-24) 26% 13 / 50
Hunter (R-CA-52) 26% 11 / 42
Walden (R-OR-2) 26% 13 / 50
Miller, Gary (R-CA-42) 24% 12 / 50
Shuster (R-PA-9) 24% 12 / 49
Blunt (R-MO-7) 22% 11 / 49
Hastings, D. (R-WA-4) 22% 11 / 50
Hulshof (R-MO-9) 22% 11 / 50
Granger (R-TX-12) 21% 10 / 48
Barrow (D-GA-12) 20% 10 / 50
Hoekstra (R-MI-2) 20% 10 / 49
Marshall (D-GA-8) 20% 8 / 41
Forbes (R-VA-4) 19% 8 / 43
Kirk (R-IL-10) 19% 9 / 48
Jones, W. (R-NC-3) 18% 9 / 50
Gerlach (R-PA-6) 16% 8 / 50
Smith, L. (R-TX-21) 16% 8 / 50
Bono (R-CA-45) 15% 7 / 48
Miller, C. (R-MI-10) 14% 7 / 50
Davis, G. (R-KY-4) 12% 4 / 34
Dent (R-PA-15) 12% 6 / 50
Diaz-Balart, M. (R-FL-25) 12% 6 / 50
Wamp (R-TN-3) 12% 6 / 50
Goode (R-VA-5) 11% 5 / 45
Cubin (R-WY-AL ) 10% 4 / 39
Culberson (R-TX-7) 10% 5 / 50
Matheson (D-UT-2) 10% 5 / 50
Porter (R-NV-3) 10% 5 / 50
Wilson, H. (R-NM-1) 10% 5 / 50
Bean (D-IL-8) 8% 4 / 50
Boozman (R-AR-3) 8% 4 / 50
Brown, H. (R-SC-1) 8% 4 / 50
Cole (R-OK-4) 8% 4 / 50
Gillmor (R-OH-5) 8% 4 / 50
Manzullo (R-IL-16) 8% 4 / 50
Murphy, P. (D-PA-8) 8% 4 / 49
Taylor (D-MS-4) 8% 4 / 50
Bachus, S. (R-AL-6) 7% 3 / 42
Delahunt (D-MA-10) 7% 3 / 45
Blumenauer (D-OR-3) 6% 3 / 50
Carney (D-PA-10) 6% 3 / 50
Frank, B. (D-MA-4) 6% 3 / 50
Hill (D-IN-9) 6% 3 / 49
Hobson (R-OH-7) 6% 3 / 50
LaTourette (R-OH-14) 6% 3 / 50
Lucas (R-OK-3) 6% 3 / 50
Meehan (D-MA-5) 6% 1 / 16
Rodgers, (R-WA-5) 6% 3 / 50
Shays (R-CT-4) 6% 3 / 50
Young, C.W. (R-FL-10) 6% 3 / 50
Young, D. (R-AK-AL ) 6% 2 / 31
Crenshaw (R-FL-4) 5% 2 / 40
Costa (D-CA-20) 4% 2 / 50
Davis, L. (D-TN-4) 4% 2 / 50
DeFazio (D-OR-4) 4% 2 / 49
Doggett (D-TX-25) 4% 2 / 49
Drake (R-VA-2) 4% 2 / 50
Eshoo (D-CA-14) 4% 2 / 50
Everett (R-AL-2) 4% 2 / 50
Gordon (D-TN-6) 4% 2 / 50
Gutierrez (D-IL-4) 4% 2 / 49
Kanjorski (D-PA-11) 4% 2 / 50
Latham (R-IA-4) 4% 2 / 50
Lewis, R. (R-KY-2) 4% 2 / 50
LoBiondo (R-NJ-2) 4% 2 / 50
Lofgren (D-CA-16) 4% 2 / 50
Mahoney (D-FL-16) 4% 2 / 50
McKeon (R-CA-25) 4% 2 / 50
Moran, Jerry (R-KS-1) 4% 2 / 50
Pryce, D. (R-OH-15) 4% 2 / 50
Reichert (R-WA-8) 4% 2 / 50
Reynolds (R-NY-26) 4% 2 / 49
Saxton (R-NJ-3) 4% 2 / 45
Simpson (R-ID-2) 4% 2 / 50
Smith, C. (R-NJ-4) 4% 2 / 50
Space (D-OH-18) 4% 2 / 50
Waxman (D-CA-30) 4% 2 / 50
Weller (R-IL-11) 4% 2 / 49
Wexler (D-FL-19) 4% 2 / 50
Whitfield (R-KY-1) 4% 2 / 50
Wolf (R-VA-10) 4% 2 / 50
Woolsey (D-CA-6) 4% 2 / 49
Wu (D-OR-1) 4% 2 / 50
Brown, C. (D-FL-3) 3% 1 / 35
Clarke (D-NY-11) 3% 1 / 31
Stark (D-CA-13) 3% 1 / 38
Ackerman (D-NY-5) 2% 1 / 49
Allen (D-ME-1) 2% 1 / 50
Baird (D-WA-3) 2% 1 / 48
Berkley (D-NV-1) 2% 1 / 50
Berman (D-CA-28) 2% 1 / 50
Berry (D-AR-1) 2% 1 / 50
Bishop, S. (D-GA-2) 2% 1 / 48
Bonner (R-AL-1) 2% 1 / 50
Boren (D-OK-2) 2% 1 / 50
Boswell (D-IA-3) 2% 1 / 49
Boyd, A. (D-FL-2) 2% 1 / 50
Brady, R. (D-PA-1) 2% 1 / 50
Braley (D-IA-1) 2% 1 / 49
Capps (D-CA-23) 2% 1 / 50
Cardoza (D-CA-18) 2% 1 / 50
Carnahan (D-MO-3) 2% 1 / 49
Castor (D-FL-11) 2% 1 / 48
Chandler (D-KY-6) 2% 1 / 50
Clay (D-MO-1) 2% 1 / 45
Cleaver (D-MO-5) 2% 1 / 50
Clyburn (D-SC-6) 2% 1 / 50
Cohen (D-TN-9) 2% 1 / 50
Courtney (D-CT-2) 2% 1 / 50
Crowley (D-NY-7) 2% 1 / 49
Cuellar (D-TX-28) 2% 1 / 49
Cummings (D-MD-7) 2% 1 / 50
Davis, A. (D-AL-7) 2% 1 / 50
Davis, Danny (D-IL-7) 2% 1 / 50
Davis, S. (D-CA-53) 2% 1 / 50
DeGette (D-CO-1) 2% 1 / 50
Dicks (D-WA-6) 2% 1 / 49
Dingell (D-MI-15) 2% 1 / 50
Doolittle (R-CA-4) 2% 1 / 50
Doyle (D-PA-14) 2% 1 / 50
Ellison (D-MN-5) 2% 1 / 50
Emanuel (D-IL-5) 2% 1 / 50
Engel (D-NY-17) 2% 1 / 50
English (R-PA-3) 2% 1 / 50
Farr (D-CA-17) 2% 1 / 50
Fattah (D-PA-2) 2% 1 / 50
Ferguson (R-NJ-7) 2% 1 / 50
Filner (D-CA-51) 2% 1 / 48
Giffords (D-AZ-8) 2% 1 / 49
Gillibrand (D-NY-20) 2% 1 / 50
Green, A. (D-TX-9) 2% 1 / 50
Hare (D-IL-17) 2% 1 / 50
Harman (D-CA-36) 2% 1 / 48
Hayes (R-NC-8) 2% 1 / 45
Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD-AL ) 2% 1 / 50
Higgins (D-NY-27) 2% 1 / 45
Holden (D-PA-17) 2% 1 / 50
Honda (D-CA-15) 2% 1 / 43
Hooley (D-OR-5) 2% 1 / 50
Hoyer (D-MD-5) 2% 1 / 45
Jackson-Lee, S. (D-TX-18) 2% 1 / 50
Jefferson (D-LA-2) 2% 1 / 50
Johnson, E. (D-TX-30) 2% 1 / 50
Johnson, H. (D-GA-4) 2% 1 / 48
Jones, S. (D-OH-11) 2% 1 / 44
Kilpatrick (D-MI-13) 2% 1 / 45
Kind (D-WI-3) 2% 1 / 50
King, P. (R-NY-3) 2% 1 / 50
Klein, R. (D-FL-22) 2% 1 / 45
Langevin (D-RI-2) 2% 1 / 50
Lantos (D-CA-12) 2% 1 / 45
Larsen, R. (D-WA-2) 2% 1 / 50
Larson, J. (D-CT-1) 2% 1 / 50
Lee (D-CA-9) 2% 1 / 49
Lewis, John (D-GA-5) 2% 1 / 50
Loebsack (D-IA-2) 2% 1 / 50
Lowey (D-NY-18) 2% 1 / 50
Lynch (D-MA-9) 2% 1 / 50
Maloney (D-NY-14) 2% 1 / 50
Markey (D-MA-7) 2% 1 / 50
Matsui (D-CA-5) 2% 1 / 50
McCarthy, C. (D-NY-4) 2% 1 / 50
McCotter (R-MI-11) 2% 1 / 50
McCrery (R-LA-4) 2% 1 / 49
McDermott (D-WA-7) 2% 1 / 49
McGovern (D-MA-3) 2% 1 / 50
McHugh (R-NY-23) 2% 1 / 50
McNerney (D-CA-11) 2% 1 / 50
Meek, K. (D-FL-17) 2% 1 / 48
Meeks, G. (D-NY-6) 2% 1 / 50
Melancon (D-LA-3) 2% 1 / 50
Miller, B. (D-NC-13) 2% 1 / 50
Miller, George (D-CA-7) 2% 1 / 48
Mitchell (D-AZ-5) 2% 1 / 50
Moore, D. (D-KS-3) 2% 1 / 50
Moore, G. (D-WI-4) 2% 1 / 49
Moran, James (D-VA-8) 2% 1 / 49
Nadler (D-NY-8) 2% 1 / 48
Neal (D-MA-2) 2% 1 / 49
Oberstar (D-MN-8) 2% 1 / 50
Perlmutter (D-CO-7) 2% 1 / 50
Pickering (R-MS-3) 2% 1 / 48
Pomeroy (D-ND-AL ) 2% 1 / 50
Rahall (D-WV-3) 2% 1 / 50
Rodriguez (D-TX-23) 2% 1 / 50
Ross (D-AR-4) 2% 1 / 50
Rothman (D-NJ-9) 2% 1 / 50
Rush (D-IL-1) 2% 1 / 49
Salazar, J. (D-CO-3) 2% 1 / 50
Sanchez, Linda (D-CA-39) 2% 1 / 50
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA-47) 2% 1 / 50
Schakowsky (D-IL-9) 2% 1 / 50
Schiff (D-CA-29) 2% 1 / 50
Schwartz (D-PA-13) 2% 1 / 50
Scott, D. (D-GA-13) 2% 1 / 50
Scott, R. (D-VA-3) 2% 1 / 50
Sestak (D-PA-7) 2% 1 / 50
Shea-Porter (D-NH-1) 2% 1 / 50
Sires (D-NJ-13) 2% 1 / 50
Skelton (D-MO-4) 2% 1 / 45
Slaughter (D-NY-28) 2% 1 / 50
Smith, Adam (D-WA-9) 2% 1 / 50
Solis (D-CA-32) 2% 1 / 49
Spratt (D-SC-5) 2% 1 / 50
Stupak (D-MI-1) 2% 1 / 50
Sutton (D-OH-13) 2% 1 / 50
Tanner (D-TN-8) 2% 1 / 50
Tauscher (D-CA-10) 2% 1 / 50
Thompson, M. (D-CA-1) 2% 1 / 50
Tierney (D-MA-6) 2% 1 / 49
Turner (R-OH-3) 2% 1 / 50
Udall, M. (D-CO-2) 2% 1 / 50
Waters (D-CA-35) 2% 1 / 48
Weiner (D-NY-9) 2% 1 / 50
Wicker (R-MS-1) 2% 1 / 50
Wynn (D-MD-4) 2% 1 / 50
Yarmuth (D-KY-3) 2% 1 / 50
Abercrombie (D-HI-1) 0% 0 / 41
Aderholt (R-AL-4) 0% 0 / 50
Alexander, R. (R-LA-5) 0% 0 / 50
Altmire (D-PA-4) 0% 0 / 50
Andrews (D-NJ-1) 0% 0 / 50
Arcuri (D-NY-24) 0% 0 / 50
Baca (D-CA-43) 0% 0 / 50
Baker (R-LA-6) 0% 0 / 50
Baldwin (D-WI-2) 0% 0 / 50
Becerra (D-CA-31) 0% 0 / 45
Bishop, T. (D-NY-1) 0% 0 / 50
Boucher (D-VA-9) 0% 0 / 50
Boustany (R-LA-7) 0% 0 / 50
Boyda, N. (D-KS-2) 0% 0 / 50
Butterfield (D-NC-1) 0% 0 / 50
Calvert (R-CA-44) 0% 0 / 50
Capito (R-WV-2) 0% 0 / 50
Capuano (D-MA-8) 0% 0 / 49
Carson (D-IN-7) 0% 0 / 50
Conyers (D-MI-14) 0% 0 / 46
Costello (D-IL-12) 0% 0 / 49
Cramer (D-AL-5) 0% 0 / 49
DeLauro (D-CT-3) 0% 0 / 50
Diaz-Balart, L. (R-FL-21) 0% 0 / 50
Donnelly (D-IN-2) 0% 0 / 49
Edwards (D-TX-17) 0% 0 / 50
Ellsworth (D-IN-8) 0% 0 / 50
Emerson (R-MO-8) 0% 0 / 49
Etheridge (D-NC-2) 0% 0 / 50
Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11) 0% 0 / 50
Gilchrest (R-MD-1) 0% 0 / 46
Gonzalez (D-TX-20) 0% 0 / 49
Green, G. (D-TX-29) 0% 0 / 50
Grijalva (D-AZ-7) 0% 0 / 50
Hall, J. (D-NY-19) 0% 0 / 50
Hastings, A. (D-FL-23) 0% 0 / 50
Hinchey (D-NY-22) 0% 0 / 50
Hinojosa (D-TX-15) 0% 0 / 39
Hirono (D-HI-2) 0% 0 / 49
Hodes (D-NH-2) 0% 0 / 50
Holt (D-NJ-12) 0% 0 / 50
Inslee (D-WA-1) 0% 0 / 50
Israel (D-NY-2) 0% 0 / 50
Jackson, J. (D-IL-2) 0% 0 / 50
Kagen (D-WI-8) 0% 0 / 49
Kaptur (D-OH-9) 0% 0 / 49
Kennedy, P. (D-RI-1) 0% 0 / 49
Kildee (D-MI-5) 0% 0 / 50
Knollenberg (R-MI-9) 0% 0 / 50
Kucinich (D-OH-10) 0% 0 / 44
Kuhl (R-NY-29) 0% 0 / 50
LaHood (R-IL-18) 0% 0 / 34
Lampson (D-TX-22) 0% 0 / 50
Levin, S. (D-MI-12) 0% 0 / 49
Lewis, Jerry (R-CA-41) 0% 0 / 49
Lipinski (D-IL-3) 0% 0 / 50
McCollum (D-MN-4) 0% 0 / 49
McIntyre (D-NC-7) 0% 0 / 50
McNulty (D-NY-21) 0% 0 / 43
Michaud (D-ME-2) 0% 0 / 48
Mollohan (D-WV-1) 0% 0 / 50
Murphy, C. (D-CT-5) 0% 0 / 49
Murphy, T. (R-PA-18) 0% 0 / 50
Murtha (D-PA-12) 0% 0 / 49
Napolitano (D-CA-38) 0% 0 / 48
Obey (D-WI-7) 0% 0 / 48
Olver (D-MA-1) 0% 0 / 50
Ortiz (D-TX-27) 0% 0 / 34
Pallone (D-NJ-6) 0% 0 / 50
Pascrell (D-NJ-8) 0% 0 / 50
Pastor (D-AZ-4) 0% 0 / 50
Payne (D-NJ-10) 0% 0 / 46
Peterson, C. (D-MN-7) 0% 0 / 50
Peterson, J. (R-PA-5) 0% 0 / 49
Price, D. (D-NC-4) 0% 0 / 50
Rangel (D-NY-15) 0% 0 / 50
Regula (R-OH-16) 0% 0 / 50
Rehberg (R-MT-AL ) 0% 0 / 50
Renzi (R-AZ-1) 0% 0 / 50
Reyes (D-TX-16) 0% 0 / 49
Rogers, H. (R-KY-5) 0% 0 / 50
Rogers, Mike D. (R-AL-3) 0% 0 / 50
Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-18) 0% 0 / 50
Roybal-Allard (D-CA-34) 0% 0 / 50
Ruppersberger (D-MD-2) 0% 0 / 49
Ryan, T. (D-OH-17) 0% 0 / 50
Sarbanes (D-MD-3) 0% 0 / 50
Serrano (D-NY-16) 0% 0 / 50
Sherman (D-CA-27) 0% 0 / 50
Shuler (D-NC-11) 0% 0 / 50
Snyder (D-AR-2) 0% 0 / 50
Thompson, B. (D-MS-2) 0% 0 / 50
Tiahrt (R-KS-4) 0% 0 / 50
Towns (D-NY-10) 0% 0 / 50
Udall, T. (D-NM-3) 0% 0 / 50
Van Hollen (D-MD-8) 0% 0 / 50
Velazquez (D-NY-12) 0% 0 / 50
Visclosky (D-IN-1) 0% 0 / 49
Walsh (R-NY-25) 0% 0 / 50
Walz (D-MN-1) 0% 0 / 50
Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL-20) 0% 0 / 50
Watson (D-CA-33) 0% 0 / 50
Watt (D-NC-12) 0% 0 / 50
Welch (D-VT-AL ) 0% 0 / 49
Wilson, C. (D-OH-6) 0% 0 / 50

Note: In each case where the Amendment failed, this means that the spending PASSED. The Amendment was to prevent the spending. So look down the list and you can see how YOUR DEMOCRATIC run Congress has reneged on their pledge to CLEAN UP CONGRESS

House Vote 559 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Clover Bend Historic Site in Arkansas. Amendment failed, 98-331.

House Vote 560 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the St. Joseph's College Theatre Renovation in Indiana. Amendment failed, 97-328.

House Vote 561 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Maverick Concert Hall preservation in New York. Amendment failed, 114-316.

House Vote 562 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Bremerton Public Library restoration in Washington. Amendment failed, 98-333.

House Vote 565 - Bars funding of $140,000 for the Wetzel County Courthouse in West Virginia. Amendment failed, 104-323.

House Vote 566 - Bars funding of $150,000 for equipment for the Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory. Amendment failed, 97-330.

House Vote 567 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the W.A. Young and Sons Foundry in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 104-328.

House Vote 568 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters to renovate a hall in Ohio. Amendment failed, 66-364.

House Vote 569 - Bars funding of $1,200,000 for projects related to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Route. Amendment failed, 86-343.

House Vote 590 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the Grace Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator and Workforce Development program in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 87-335.

House Vote 591 - Bars funding of $500,000 for a project in the Barracks Row area of Washington, D.C. Amendment failed, 60-361.

House Vote 592 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's SPUR urban center. Amendment failed, 102-317.

House Vote 593 - Bars funding of $129,000 for the Mitchell County Development Foundation for the home of the "perfect Christmas tree" project. Amendment passed, 249-174.

House Vote 594 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the West Virginia University Research Corporation's renovation of a small-business incubator. Amendment failed, 101-325.

House Vote 595 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission. Amendment failed, 107-318.

House Vote 597 - To remove 148 requested earmarks from the bill. Amendment failed, 48-372.

House Vote 636 - Bars funding of $1,000,000 for the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 98-326.

House Vote 637 - Bars funding of $1,500,000 for the South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Initiative. Amendment failed, 70-357.

House Vote 638 - Bars funding of $500,000 for the Emmanuel College Center for Science Partnership in Massachusetts. Amendment failed, 79-337.

House Vote 639 - Bars funding of $1,000,000 for nano-structured fuel cell membrane electrode assembly in California. Amendment failed, 81-348.

House Vote 640 - Strikes numerous earmarks from the bill. Amendment failed, 39-388.

House Vote 654 - Bars funding of $34,000,000 for the Alaska Native Education Equity program and other programs. Amendment failed, 74-352.

House Vote 663 - Strikes all earmarks in the bill. Amendment failed, 53-369.

House Vote 664 - Bars funding of $300,000 for its Bay Area Science Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Improvement Initiative. Amendment failed, 89-341.

House Vote 667 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the On Location Entertainment Industry Craft and Technician Training project at West Los Angeles College in Culver City, CA. Amendment failed, 114-316.

House Vote 668 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the American Ballet Theatre in New York City for educational activities. Amendment failed, 118-312.

House Vote 669 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, S.C. Amendment failed, 70-360.

House Vote 670 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the Kansas Regional Prisons Museum in Lansing, Kan. Amendment failed, 112-317.

House Vote 671 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the Corporation for Jefferson's Popular Forest in Forest, VA. Amendment failed, 68-360.

House Vote 678 - Bars funding of $2,000,000 for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in New York City. Amendment failed, 108-316.

House Vote 679 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO. Amendment failed, 96-327.

House Vote 698 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Belmont Complex in Kittanning, PA. Amendment failed, 87-335.

House Vote 699 - Bars funding of $400,000 for the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, WI. Amendment failed, 68-356.

House Vote 700 - Bars funding of $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in Woodlake, CA. Amendment failed, 69-352.

House Vote 701 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Friends of Cheat Rails-to-Trails Program in West Virginia. Amendment failed, 81-342.

House Vote 702 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Houston Zoo in Texas. Amendment failed, 77-347.

House Vote 705 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Edmonds Center for the Arts in Edmonds, WA. Amendment failed, 97-327.

House Vote 706 - Bars funding for "parking facilities". Amendment failed, 86-338.

House Vote 735 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Amendment failed, 87-328.

House Vote 736 - Bars funding of $250,000 for the East Coast Shellfish Research Institute in Toms River, NJ. Amendment failed, 77-337.

House Vote 809 - Bars funding of $878,046 for the Catfish Pathogen Genomic Project in Auburn, AL. Amendment failed, 74-357.

House Vote 810 - Bars funding of $628,843 for grape genetics research in Geneva, NY. Amendment failed, 76-353.

House Vote 811 - Bars funding of $400,000 for the alternative uses of a tobacco grant in Maryland. Amendment failed, 94-337.

House Vote 812 - Bars funding of $489,000 for Ruminant Nutrition Consortium in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Amendment failed, 74-355.

House Vote 813 - Bars funding of $6,371,000 for the wood utilization grant in Mississippi, North Carolina, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Idaho, Tennessee, Arkansas and West Virginia. Amendment failed, 68-363.

House Vote 839 - Bars funding of $2,500,000 for the Presidio Trust national park in San Francisco, CA. Amendment failed, 94-311.

House Vote 842 - Bars funding of $2,000,000 for the "Paint Shield for Protecting People from Microbial Threats." Amendment failed, 91-317.

House Vote 843 - Bars funding of $1,500,000 for the Doyle Center for Manufacturing Technology in Pittsburgh, PA. Amendment failed, 98-312.

House Vote 844 - Bars funding of $3,000,000 for the Lewis Center for Education Research in Apple Valley, CA. Amendment failed, 57-353.

House Vote 845 - Bars funding of $39,000,000 for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, PA. Amendment failed, 109-301

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My Favorite Speeches and Other Items of Interest

  • George Bush's March 28, 2007 Discusses Economy, War on Terror During Remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070328-2.html
  • Mitch McConnell's March 15, 2007 Funding For Troops, Not Timelines for Retreat; http://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=270747&start=1
  • Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987 Tear Down This Wall Speech; http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
  • Vice President Cheney's March 12, 2007 Remarks at the AIPAC 2007 Policy Conference; http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070312.html

Winston Churchill Quotes

  • A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
  • Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
  • Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
  • Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
  • Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
  • Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
  • I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
  • I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
  • I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
  • I like a man who grins when he fights.
  • I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
  • If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
  • In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
  • It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
  • Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
  • Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
  • Never, never, never give up.
  • No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.
  • One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
  • Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
  • Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
  • The first quality that is needed is audacity.
  • The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
  • The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
  • There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
  • These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
  • They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
  • True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
  • Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
  • War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
  • War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
  • We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
  • We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
  • When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
  • When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
  • You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Ronald Reagan Quotes

  • "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
  • Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
  • All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
  • Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources
  • Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
  • Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
  • Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause.
  • Facts are stupid things.
  • Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
  • Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
  • Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
  • Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
  • History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
  • How can a president not be an actor?
  • How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
  • I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
  • I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.
  • In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
  • Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?".
  • Man is not free unless government is limited.
  • My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
  • No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
  • Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
  • Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.
  • Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
  • Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
  • The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
  • The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
  • There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
  • To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
  • Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
  • We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
  • We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
  • We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
  • We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
  • Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
  • You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.

Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

  • No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

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