No transparency in the “stimulus” bill
Republicans in the Senate received their version of the “stimulus” at 11:00 pm on Saturday. Barack Obama promised to “shine the light on earmarks and pork barrel spending” on his campaign website, where he also promised to allow “non-emergency” bills have a five day public “comment and review” prior to signing them. How about every bill that is 100 pages or longer? Someone tell me the person who can read and digest a 700 page “stimulus” bill in five days. And, please, do we really believe Obama had a concern about pork-barrel spending in the “stimulus” bill? I guess we had to let the pork-barrel slide for the emergency too.
Red State calls for more transparency in the process:
From the start of the stimulus debate, conservatives have challenged Obama to live up to his transparency talk. . . . Given the size and scope of the bill, Americans should demand time to scrutinize its contents — before Congress votes and before Obama signs it into law.
Transparency We Can All Believe In - RedState.
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