Guest blogged by Winter Patriot
Jonathan Allen: Most RSC members enjoy pork
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) is one of the House’s harshest critics of pork-barrel spending. A member of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he was one of 20 lawmakers who voted 19 times in May and June to strike earmarks from appropriations bills. He refers to himself as Tom “Pork Buster†Feeney.
But Feeney’s antipathy toward lawmakers’ pet projects has not extended into his own district, which is due to receive $500,000 in earmarks in the Labor-HHS-Education spending bill, including $250,000 for the Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando.
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Good to see Ole Porky’s up to his usual Tom-Feenery!
Que the scene from Casablanca when the Gestapo has the French Police captain close down Rick’s place because he’s “shocked” to find out there’s gambling going on…as he’s being handed his winnings.