There’s One Earmark in Senate Highway Bill

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 15th at 03:00 PM  | 

If the House highway bill is an excrement sandwich, the Senate version is…well, it’s a lot worse.  The one saving grace of the bill was that it supposedly did not contain any earmarks.  Well, indeed there is one earmark in the bill, and it’s directed to Nevada.  The earmark is ensconced in the bill very cleverly.  On page 463 of the bill (lines 8-14), it | Read More »

Good News on Highway Bill Front; More Issues Elsewhere

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 15th at 11:29 AM  | 

Our voices are finally being heard – sort of.  When we started voicing opposition to the highway bill there were few conservatives speaking out against it, and even fewer members of the House who were willing to oppose it.  Now, there is so much opposition to the bill that John Boehner was forced to delay the vote on the highway bill, which was previously scheduled | Read More »