Senator puts block on Wild Sky bill

[govegan]

Source: Seattle P-I

Instead, it has run into a roadblock set up by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a fiscal conservative on a mission to stop what he considers out-of-control spending by Congress.

Coburn has employed one of Congress' most powerful weapons against the Wild Sky bill: a parliamentary maneuver that allows members of the Senate to covertly block legislation.

Coburn's main objection to the Wild Sky bill is its $19 million price tag. His spokesman, John Hart, confirmed that Coburn had placed the "hold" on the measure. The senator believes "Congress should have to do what everyone else does, which is make choices within their budget," Hart said.

Wild Sky would become the first new wilderness area in Washington state in 23 years. Roughly one-third of the protected area would be low-altitude land with forests and salmon-bearing streams.

Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/331653_wildsky14.html

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Another blockhead neo-fascist who considers massive spending for death & destruction to be a matter of "faith and family values."

If his neo-fascist allies are not being enriched, the blockhead ain't happy.

[Purveyor]

1. If such a "parliamentary maneuver" can be used to block this bill why can't it be used

to block a funding bill for Iraq?

[jgraz]

2. Because a Democrat would have to do that

[govegan]

3. Good question

Sen.Patty Murray (D-WA) is such a diehard troop advocate, but I can't help but wonder if she could be persuaded to block a war funding bill.

Tit-for-tat, si?

And why not?

[janetle]

10. Great idea

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. Then I suppose he's going to support an immediate cease to funding the war?

Because the $19 mil for this is chicken feed by comparison.

After all he's the one who said this, "Congress should have to do what everyone else does, which is make choices within their budget."

Shouldn't he stand behind his words in more areas than just this one?

[sinkingfeeling]

5. He forgot to add, "Except if it's anything requested by my beloved savior, Bush, or the Pentagon."

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Of course. Republican blood is thicker than personal convictions

How silly of me to forget.

[maxsolomon]

7. what a dick

he'll never even fly over the area, why does he give a fuck? 19 million is chickenfeed.

taking our sonics, now blocking a wilderness - washington state no like oklahoma.

[hatrack]

8. This is a little more than one hour of Iraq War spending

$12 billion/month/30/24 = $16,666,666

[janetle]

9. This just pisses me off

Wild Sky Wilderness is in my back yard. It has been a wonderful example of all sides coming together to reach an agreement and then some damn republican who has nothing to do with our state and who cares not a wit about protecting wilderness does this.