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Senator Roberts
« on: March 16, 2010, 11:40:44 PM »
One of the 15 Republican Senators that voted against the earmark ban.

Like I've said before, vote them all out.



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Re: Senator Roberts
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2010, 10:44:13 AM »
One of the 15 Republican Senators that voted against the earmark ban.

Like I've said before, vote them all out.



Need more details, dont know what an earmark ban is. TIA

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Re: Senator Roberts
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2010, 05:40:59 PM »
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34531.html

Just what it says... a temporary ban on earmarks, which essentially are items thrown in to a bill, which are completely unrelated to it.  Most of the time they are used to get another senator/representative to vote for it.

A well-written bill should be passable based on its own merits and not have to have items thrown in, essentially as bribes, to get others to vote for it.  You may be familiar with the Cornhusker Kickback, The Bridge to Nowhere, or the Turtle Tunnel in Florida.  Several states, including Oklahoma have guidelines that require everything in a bill to be related to the bill.

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Re: Senator Roberts
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 12:37:21 PM »
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34531.html

Just what it says... a temporary ban on earmarks, which essentially are items thrown in to a bill, which are completely unrelated to it.  Most of the time they are used to get another senator/representative to vote for it.

A well-written bill should be passable based on its own merits and not have to have items thrown in, essentially as bribes, to get others to vote for it.  You may be familiar with the Cornhusker Kickback, The Bridge to Nowhere, or the Turtle Tunnel in Florida.  Several states, including Oklahoma have guidelines that require everything in a bill to be related to the bill.

If you are still wondering what the "Earmark Ban" is just replace "Earmark" with "Bribery"

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Re: Senator Roberts
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2010, 02:27:05 PM »
Manhattan and KSU would be screwed.  LOVE YOU PAT! :combofan: