MannyGoldstein
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Fri Dec-15-06 06:47 PM
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That Didn't Take Long - Congressional Dems Already Backtracking |
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I'm shocked. SHOCKED. Reid's `Dead-of-Night' Maneuvers on Measure Contradict PledgeSenate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, who has pledged to stop ``dead-of-night legislating,'' did a little of his own in the final hours of this year's congressional session.
Reid slipped two home state projects into the last major bill Congress passed last week: a transfer of federal land in Nevada to state and private control that's almost two-thirds the size of Rhode Island; and a $4 million grant for a hospice. Neither had been approved by any congressional committee.
Reid said the land measure will help Las Vegas and other cities in his state grow and the hospice money rights a flawed Medicare ruling. One senator and some government watchdog groups criticized the actions, pointing to promises by Reid and the new Democratic majority in Congress to change a lawmaking process known for targeted funding and secretive deals.
``Doing anything last minute shoved into an irrelevant measure -- that's exactly what Harry Reid said he was going to stop,'' said Steve Ellis, vice president of programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based nonprofit that monitors government spending. ``It goes against the grain of transparency and openness.''
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caseycoon
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Fri Dec-15-06 08:08 PM
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1. I don't know if I'm shocked... |
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But I'm definitely disappointed in him. :thumbsdown:
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