WP: Road Bill Reflects The Power Of Pork

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White House Drops Effort to Rein In Hill

By Jonathan Weisman and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 11, 2005; Page A01

Three years ago, President Bush went to war against congressional pork. His official 2003 budget even featured a color photo of a wind-powered ice sled -- an example of the pet projects and alleged boondoggles he said he would no longer tolerate.

Yesterday, Bush effectively signed a cease-fire -- critics called it more like a surrender -- in his war on pork. He signed into law a $286 billion transportation measure that contains a record 6,371 pet projects inserted by members of Congress from both parties...

Bush brushed aside pleas from taxpayer groups to veto the bill, which exceeded the $284 billion limit that he had vowed not to cross.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081000223.html

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1. As if any reasonable person still believed anything he ever says!

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2. Behold the power of me!

Behold the awesome... Oh, we're talking about pork barrel spending, aren't we?

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

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3. Come on guys this is the second best news of the night, more

verification that Bush is a liar.