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SNL Skit Pulled - Skit Focused on Wall Street Bailout #pork
ARRA News Service | October 8th 2008 by OzarkGuru
Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: I am not a much of a Saturday Night Live (SNL) watcher but when SNL bashes the Democrats and George Soros and their skit get pulled from the Internet, I get interested! You can still watch the SNL skit via the link below. The read more
Bailout - Got #Pork
ARRA News Service | October 3rd 2008 by OzarkGuru
Tony Perkins, FRC: What do NASCAR, the Motion Picture Association, and Puerto Rico rum makers have in common? They all stand to benefit from the Senate's $700 billion economic bailout plan. Hoping to entice the bill's skeptics with some familiar bait read more
Porker of the Month: Sen. Carl Levin
ARRA News Service | October 2nd 2008 by OzarkGuru
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) Porker of the Month for inserting a provision in the Fiscal 2009 National Defense Authorization Act that gives earmarks contained in the act read more
Today in Washington D. C. - Sept 26, 2008 - #pork
ARRA News Service | September 26th 2008 by OzarkGuru
The Senate is expected to proceed to the continuing resolution (H.R. 2638) to fund the government until March 2009. Yesterday, Sen.s Reid (D-NV) and Robert Byrd (D-WV) announced a $56.2 billion stimulus bill full of all kinds of extraneous spending read more
Today in Washington D. C. - Sept 23, 2008
ARRA News Service | September 23rd 2008 by OzarkGuru
Congressional #Pork Alert! The Senate will consider H.R. 6049, the vehicle for the tax extenders compromise. Three amendments previously reported will be considered. After amendments have been considered and voted on, the Senate will vote on final p read more
King of Pork John Murtha Squealing
Veterans for Bill Russell - Against John Murtha! | April 29th 2008 by OzarkGuru
Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: The Pennsylvania (PA) Secretary of State has not official certified last Tuesday's primary elections. However, Republican candidate William "Bill" Russell is reporting a victory in his efforts to get on the ballot as the Repu read more
CBS Skewers Murtha's Earmarks Without Mentioning He's a Democrat
Veterans for Bill Russell - Against John Murtha! | April 9th 2008 by OzarkGuru
by Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters: Can you imagine any major television news network doing a report on a Republican Congressman's history of exorbitant earmarks without mentioning his Party affiliation? The words "Republican," "GOP," "right-wing," or "co read more
PigFoot barred from presenting Murtha with 2007 Porker of the Yea…
Veterans for Bill Russell - Against John Murtha! | March 11th 2008 by OzarkGuru
H/T to ARRA News Service: Thomas A. Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW): Check out what happens when CAGW's mascot, PigFoot, tries to present Rep. John “Jack” Murtha (D-PA) with his 2007 Porker of the Year Award? After ear read more
Murtha's Tentacles of Corruption run deep in PA-12
Veterans for Bill Russell - Against John Murtha! | February 24th 2008 by OzarkGuru
“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it” -William Pitt the Younger, The Earl of Chatham and British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778by Leo Pusateri, Grizzle Groundswell:Nowhere does this phrase ring with more clarity read more
Murtha Still Demanding Defeat
Veterans for Bill Russell - Against John Murtha! | February 11th 2008 by OzarkGuru
Hat Tip to Lew Waters, Right in a Left World: Aging Democrat Rep. John Murtha (D-PA 12th Dist), known for his anti-war stance towards the current Republican led war, still demands the Troops be withdrawn, even though he admits the ‘Surge’ has bee read more
Congressman and ‘Superbug’ Easily Confused
Bob McCarty Writes | October 18th 2007
Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. “Jack” Murtha costs Americans millions of dollars as the largest purveyor of “pork” in the U.S. Congress. Similarly, a multi-drug-resistant staph “superbug” is on its way to costing Amer read more
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