Finally
Two things that turn me on - Jessica Simpson and cutting Congressional pork - have come together. From CQ (subscription required. I know, I should move to Massachusetts and marry CQ already)
As the clamor for lobbying restrictions grows on Capitol Hill, lawmakers of both parties are proposing limits on earmarks in spending bills, and requiring disclosure of their origins. The earmarks, often derided as "pork" by critics, have long been an integral part of Washington culture and are regularly trumpeted by lawmakers in press releases announcing local projects...
Already, two of the three candidates to replace Tom DeLay, R-Texas, as majority leader, John Shadegg of Arizona and John A. Boehner of Ohio, have indicated support for [a bill by Rep. Flake that would make it easier to strike earmarks by requiring that they be included in the text of appropriations, and not merely in the reports accompanying them.] The presumed front-runner to replace DeLay, Roy Blunt of Missouri, also has proposed identifying lawmakers who request particular earmarks and requiring them to list a justification for them.
But even the harshest critics of earmarks do not expect them to disappear...
Keith Ashdown, vice president of policy for Taxpayers for Common Sense, said, "As I dream about Jessica Simpson, I dream about no earmarks, but it ain't going to happen."
Picture of a trashed Simpson here (below pictures of a fat Britney Spears and Janet Jackson). Very short article on Simpson's view of boobs-as-accessories here.
Gratuitous links to Boehner/"boner" references here and here.
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