Tuesday, February 24, 2009

More Hopenchange On the Way

Bend over.

WASHINGTON – House Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year, setting up the second political struggle over federal funds in less than a month with Republicans.

The measure includes thousands of earmarks, the pet projects favored by lawmakers but often criticized by the public in opinion polls. There was no official total of the bill's earmarks, which accounted for at least $3.8 billion.


I'd love to be proven wrong, but I say Obama's "No more earmarks!" campaign promise goes under the bus in 10...9...8...