There's some confusion out there about the budget the congress is talking and will vote on soon....
THIS budget is for April 1,2009 till Sept31st,2009.....It was written WAY before Obama became President.... The Federal budget runs from October 1 till the next Oct1..... The reason this is being voted on now is because the congress decided to pass only half of it last year for some reason... Yes, it has about 8000+- earmarks put in there by many congresspeople including Obama who was an Illinois senator at the time. He is NOT going to fight the earmarks because it would cause undo delay etc at this time....McCain tried to get an admendment to cut all the earmarks, it was defeated....Colburn is nitpicking this or that earmark but let's remember that the total amount of earmarks once again represents about 1% of the entire package.....!! So when you hear republicans screaming about earmarks and Obama not following what he said about them, this is the reason..not his budget...a bush inspired budget....a fight about them could close down the government like the republicans did one year several times.....not a good plan considering the trouble we're in.... ++++++++ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/WebTV-Pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
