Hold Lost--Frist “Porkbuster Bill” Will Reach the Floor in September

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Hold Lost--Frist “Porkbuster Bill” Will Reach the Floor in September

By The Whistler on August 31, 2006 at 03:32 pm

Via Instapundit: Remember the Senate Bill to bring transparency to the budget. This bill would require the government to have an easy to understand web site that had all the details of federal contracting on it. The bill was held by one of the Senator's, which we only just found it it was "Bridge to Nowhere" Ted Stevens from Alaska. The story entered a new phase as it turned out that ANOTHER senator put his own hold on it. That turned out to be Robert KKK Byrd from West Virginia. This is an election year for the old Klansman and that may be why he pulled his hold today. The great news is that Senate Majority Leader Frist has made a commitment.

Bill Frist makes a commitment: "In September, I will bring S. 2590 to the floor of the Senate for the vote it deserves."

More background here, here and here.

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Frist had a good quote today at a noon funraiser I attended:

“We may have 55 Republicans in the Senate, but only 47 of those are reliable day in and day out.”

FreeRepublicans.com on August 31, 2006 at 04:50 pm

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name dropping?

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity? I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

The Whistler on August 31, 2006 at 05:05 pm

Say, isn’t Frist the senator who lied on him medical renewal papers recently?

realitybasedbob on August 31, 2006 at 05:17 pm

name dropping?

Yeah.

Bill Frist, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, Mitt Romney, John McCain....it’s Iowa, there are more Presidential Candidates than there is corn.

FreeRepublicans.com on August 31, 2006 at 05:20 pm

I think most of those names will be dropped.

realitybasedbob on August 31, 2006 at 05:24 pm

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