Oregon catalyst --
efforts to pass the $1.2 trillion 1900+ pages omnibus bill has been abandoned with more than 6000 earmarks in it after Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina planned to force the Senate to read out loud the bill in its entirety.
according to Oregon catalyst, some of the your marks include the "monuments to me" which includes $18 million for nonprofits dedicated to deceased lawmakers and $6 million for an Iowa school program named for Senator Tom Harkin.
kind of interesting that we have to treat our representatives like children when we rely on them to do their job and read or understand the bills that they are voting for.
However, if that's what it requires is to have each bill read aloud, then so be it.
The attitude of, "we have to pass the bill to know what's in it" is definitely not the type of representation that anybody wants.
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