Spend Spend Spend and Obama Breaks his Promise..Again

WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of both parties Monday voted to keep their cherished home-state projects as the Senate resumed debate on a spending bill covering foreign aid and domestic agency budgets.

By a 63-32 vote, lawmakers rejected a bid by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to effectively strip about 8,000 of those earmarks from the $410 billion measure.

"If the president really wants to change Washington, as soon as this bill reaches his desk, he should veto it and send it back and say, 'Clean it up,'" McCain said.

Instead, the White House says President Barack Obama will sign the measure, despite all the projects. During last year's campaign, Obama he promised to cut the number of earmarks way back and institute other changes.

But lawmakers in both parties defend the practice, and 10 Republican joined most Democrats to defeat McCain's amendment.

The Big O really fooled folks with the Hope and Change bullshit...Lets look at this again - "Instead, the White House says President Barack Obama will sign the measure, despite all the projects. During last year's campaign, Obama he promised to cut the number of earmarks way back and institute other changes."

And 10 Repubs joined the Pork Team. Spending up 8%. Trillion $ stimulating...When will it end?

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