Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona recently introduced 19 anti-pork amendments. Each one forced members of Congress to give an up or down vote on a specific pork project. So how did the Congressional delegation from Arkansas do? Club for Growth has the scorecard (YES = good anti-pork vote, NO = bad pro-pork vote):
AR 1 Berry D N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 0
AR 2 Snyder D X X X X X N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 0
AR 3 Boozman R N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 0
AR 4 Ross D N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 0
Not one Representative from our state managed to vote against pork even once. We might expect such irresponsible behavior from Democrats, but Boozman? You're supposed to be a Republican. You're supposed to be for fiscal responsibility. You're expected to do better.
Click here and scroll to the bottom to see the specific projects addressed by each amendment.
Hopefully our delegation does better next time and stops opening our wallets to steal money for pet projects in other states.
UPDATE: More on Boozman at Overtaken by Events.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
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Michigan's record was remarkably grim, with only one of our fifteen Congressmen getting near .500 (a 9). There was a 3, and the rest were zeroes, right across the board. Including some guys usually identified as staunch conservative Republicans.
Heh. I had a feeling we'd be duplicating efforts on this. Oh well, the more the merrier.
Sen. Tom Coburn from OK. has made earmarks a dirty word and Jeff Flake is carrying the ball in the House. Inch by inch we'll get these profligate spenders under contrl.
Boozman is a blessing compared to Arkansas' other delegates, but let's not kid ourselves- he's no model conservative.
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