- Is the Jack Abramoff scandal going to teach us How to Cure Pork? Well, perhaps. I wouldn’t mind getting to a point where a president would (like Madison) veto a bill because it included highway spending and he figured that was unconstitutional. [instapundit]
- And there’s Big News from Tom Coburn’s office:
To rein in wasteful spending, Dr. Coburn intends to offer an amendment on every pork project stuffed into appropriations bills this year. There were at least 13,998 earmarked projects contained in last year’s appropriations bills. By way of comparison, the Senate had only 366 roll call votes last year. Needless to say we are beefing up our appropriations staff for this challenge and we have requested that we be given at least 72 hours to review appropriations bills before they are considered.
Wow. [instapundit] - jr says he’d Like To Ignore The Little People and specifically points to my lack of lifetime achievement award. I’m kinda choked up here. You love me! You really love me! [jr]
- In Son’s fatal overdose consumes ex-pitcher, there’s some explanation of how Jeff Reardon found himself robbing a jewelry store. It’s not a very happy story. [colby cosh]