This ad is a joke. These votes were not for earmarks as Steelman would have you believe. The earmarks were, as are virtually all pork spending items, attached as riders to other bills. Kenny's so-called "bridge to nowhere vote" for example, referenced in the fine print of the ad as Roll Call 453, 2005, was actually for a bill to fund surface maintanence of federal highways for fiscal years 2005-2009. It was so non-controversial that it passed the house 412-8, with the President signing it.
This ad is a joke. These votes were not for earmarks as Steelman would have you believe. The earmarks were, as are virtually all pork spending items, attached as riders to other bills. Kenny's so-called "bridge to nowhere vote" for example, referenced in the fine print of the ad as Roll Call 453, 2005, was actually for a bill to fund surface maintanence of federal highways for fiscal years 2005-2009. It was so non-controversial that it passed the house 412-8, with the President signing it.
cowboydan76 3 years ago