IF THIS IS NOT THE MOST LUDICROUS OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING REMARK COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH THAT DEFINITELY SHOWS HE WILL CONTINUALLY DRIVE THIS DEBT EVEN HIGHER WELL THEN HE IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. COMING FROM A TAX AND SPEND DEMOCRAT THIS NO LONGER A SURPRISE. YES SENATOR REID, SPENDING IS WHAT CONGRESS IS SUPPOSE TO DO, BUT IT MUST AND I SAY MUST BE PAID FOR AND NOT SELFISHLY BECOME A RECKLESS FREE FOR ALL SPENDING. FOR ANY SENATOR WHO WANTS TO SPEND RECKLESSLY, LET THEM USE THEIR OWN MONIES AND WILL SEE HOW FAST THEY WILL STOP.
Preparing for a final showdown on the massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended the thousands of earmarks in the measure as the basic function of Congress.
"That's our job. That's what we're supposed to do," Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, said as he chastised fellow senators who, while having requested pork-barrel spending earlier this year, are now decrying their inclusion in the spending bill.
Mr. Reid challenged those senators to voluntarily agree to strip their own earmarks out of the bill, and said so far, nobody has taken him up on that.
Earmarks are just one of the fights that have broken out over the 1,924-page spending bill, which Democrats unveiled this week and have said they'll soon push to have lawmakers vote on.
"This bill is so enormous, it took the government printing office two days to print it. It spends more than half a billion dollars a page," he said.
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"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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