added 2007 Sun Jun 10 15:09:20 by Aidenag
As the House Appropriations Committee met last week to consider four massive spending bills, something was missing: congressional "earmarks." Long dismissed as pork, earmarks had more than quadrupled under the Republican-controlled Congress. By some estimates, lawmakers were quietly adding nearly $19 billion a year in special projects.
As the House Appropriations Committee met last week to consider four massive spending bills, something was missing: congressional "earmarks." Long dismissed as pork, earmarks had more than quadrupled under the Republican-controlled Congress. By some estimates, lawmakers were quietly adding nearly $19 billion a year in special projects.
added 2007 Wed May 23 19:34:35 by Mintyfunk
According to Rogers's account -- which Murtha has not disputed -- the Pennsylvanian approached his colleague on the House floor last Thursday and said, in a loud voice: "I hope you don't have any earmarks in the defense appropriation bill, because they are gone and you will not get any earmarks now and forever."
According to Rogers's account -- which Murtha has not disputed -- the Pennsylvanian approached his colleague on the House floor last Thursday and said, in a loud voice: "I hope you don't have any earmarks in the defense appropriation bill, because they are gone and you will not get any earmarks now and forever."
added 2007 Fri May 18 13:24:48 by BoBo in Texas
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) threatened to deny any further spending projects to Republican Mike Rogers who challenged him over an earmark -- a violation of House rules. Murtha threatened Rogers on the House floor Thursday for offering a motion last week to expose a $23 million earmark that Murtha had inserted into an intelligence bill.
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) threatened to deny any further spending projects to Republican Mike Rogers who challenged him over an earmark -- a violation of House rules. Murtha threatened Rogers on the House floor Thursday for offering a motion last week to expose a $23 million earmark that Murtha had inserted into an intelligence bill.
added 2007 Sat May 5 20:00:43 by Deidre
Ever wonder what a really old piece of meat looks like? A 70-year-old slab of pork is on display at a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. It's a tradition that dates back to 1937. The Mecca Restaurant put the 25-pound country ham in its window with a sign saying that, "for security reasons," it would be there for today only.
Ever wonder what a really old piece of meat looks like? A 70-year-old slab of pork is on display at a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. It's a tradition that dates back to 1937. The Mecca Restaurant put the 25-pound country ham in its window with a sign saying that, "for security reasons," it would be there for today only.
added 2007 Sat May 5 0:17:00 by TechnologyExpert
The exporter of a contaminated pet food ingredient blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States may have avoided Chinese export inspections by labeling it a nonfood product, a U.S. government report says.
The exporter of a contaminated pet food ingredient blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States may have avoided Chinese export inspections by labeling it a nonfood product, a U.S. government report says.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 0:18:16 by bubba2
Bush has tried to justify his planned veto of Congress' Iraq legislation by complaining about the non-Iraq related funds in the bill. CLAIM: Bush opposes spending in the emergency supplemental that is "unrelated to the war." FACT: Bush's own supplemental request to Congress contained millions in non-war related funds.
Bush has tried to justify his planned veto of Congress' Iraq legislation by complaining about the non-Iraq related funds in the bill. CLAIM: Bush opposes spending in the emergency supplemental that is "unrelated to the war." FACT: Bush's own supplemental request to Congress contained millions in non-war related funds.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 7:41:58 by TechnologyExpert
Muslim cashiers at some local Target stores who object to ringing up products that contain pork are being shifted to other positions where they don't need to, the discount retailer said Saturday. The Star Tribune reported this past week that some Muslim cashiers at local Targets had declined to scan pork products such as bacon because doing so woul
Muslim cashiers at some local Target stores who object to ringing up products that contain pork are being shifted to other positions where they don't need to, the discount retailer said Saturday. The Star Tribune reported this past week that some Muslim cashiers at local Targets had declined to scan pork products such as bacon because doing so woul
added 2007 Thu Feb 1 22:24:36 by bhartzer
A blogger received a letter from Jennifer Daniel Collins, an attorney at Faegre & Benson that represents The National Pork Board. It stated, for the most part, that use of the phrase "the other white milk" violates their trademark on the phrase "the other white meat."
A blogger received a letter from Jennifer Daniel Collins, an attorney at Faegre & Benson that represents The National Pork Board. It stated, for the most part, that use of the phrase "the other white milk" violates their trademark on the phrase "the other white meat."
added 2006 Sun Aug 6 1:58:13 by sepintx
Montana researchers' vision of honeybees swarming across a field to detect landmines in Afghanistan or roadside bombs in Iraq may get a $5 million boost after Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., included the funding in a Defense Department spending bill.
Montana researchers' vision of honeybees swarming across a field to detect landmines in Afghanistan or roadside bombs in Iraq may get a $5 million boost after Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., included the funding in a Defense Department spending bill.
