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09-25-2009, 10:05 AM
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Kerry Asks $20m For Kennedy Institute
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A large military spending bill moving through Congress contains a little-noticed outlay for Boston that has nothing to do with national defense: $20 million for an educational institute honoring late Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
The earmark, tucked into the defense bill at the request of Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, requires US taxpayers to help the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate realize its goal of building a repository for Kennedy’s papers and an accompanying civic learning center on the University of Massachusetts at Boston campus in Dorchester, next to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...edy_institute/
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09-25-2009, 11:50 AM
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Will the institute include a museum? A bridge? An Oldsmobile? A brewery?
How about establishing a Mary Jo Kopechne Institute?
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09-25-2009, 03:00 PM
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I may be the dumbest imbecile in the country, and I might not know how politics are truly run, but, I ask you all how an "amendment" to a bill is allowed to go forward, when it has absolutely nothing to do with the original bill?
If, the 'amendment' can't fly on it's own, why do we allow it to be a rider to a more important bill?
In my eyes, an amendment will change the wording of a bill, add or detract certain portions of a bill or call for a total change of the bill.
If a bill were introduced to assist farmers, why should an amendment be allowed to include assistance to the snail darter for free housing, protected status and more rights than humans have.?
Just an example. But, it's SOP in our CONgress.
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09-25-2009, 03:05 PM
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1/5 of the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act went to the Kennedy family, from what I heard. Or was it 1/5 of the pork in it?
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09-25-2009, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by buckeyepete
I may be the dumbest imbecile in the country, and I might not know how politics are truly run, but, I ask you all how an "amendment" to a bill is allowed to go forward, when it has absolutely nothing to do with the original bill?
If, the 'amendment' can't fly on it's own, why do we allow it to be a rider to a more important bill?
In my eyes, an amendment will change the wording of a bill, add or detract certain portions of a bill or call for a total change of the bill.
If a bill were introduced to assist farmers, why should an amendment be allowed to include assistance to the snail darter for free housing, protected status and more rights than humans have.?
Just an example. But, it's SOP in our CONgress.
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Some states have provisions in their constitutions that prohibit adding amendments that are not germane to the original legislation. The U.S. Constitution, however, has no such provision.
Not that it wouldn't be ignored even if it was there.
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"Climate and weather are completely different things. Climate is weather averaged over a period of time."—Fredward
"We should be in Afghanistan to win, not to set a timetable for withdrawal that signals a lack of resolve to our friends, and lets our enemies believe they can wait us out."—Sarah Palin
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09-25-2009, 03:32 PM
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I'll make him a memorial for free. Just give me a few hours to digest this cheese burger I just ate.
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09-25-2009, 03:32 PM
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Why am I not surprised?
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09-25-2009, 03:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeclinetoState
Some states have provisions in their constitutions that prohibit adding amendments that are not germane to the original legislation. The U.S. Constitution, however, has no such provision.
Not that it wouldn't be ignored even if it was there.
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Not to mention that 43 states give governors the authority of the line-item veto.
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09-25-2009, 03:40 PM
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I'm damned sure the fkking Kennedy family can dig around their ol' High Annie's Port
compound and find 20 mil layin' around. Let 'em foot the bill themselves. Presidential Libraries.....now its Senatorial Libraries?? Of course, this is for a Kennedy....you know....Camel fkkin' Lot. Its a royalty thang....ya know. F**K 'em.
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09-25-2009, 04:20 PM
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09-25-2009, 10:25 PM
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If the institute includes a museum, there should also be a waitress sandwich exhibit.
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"I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."—Dan Rather
"Even in his short political history, [Obama] has yet to take a decisive stand on one issue, with the exception of promoting unfettered abortion to include partial birth abortions and living post-partum botched abortions."—PaulRevere
"Climate and weather are completely different things. Climate is weather averaged over a period of time."—Fredward
"We should be in Afghanistan to win, not to set a timetable for withdrawal that signals a lack of resolve to our friends, and lets our enemies believe they can wait us out."—Sarah Palin
April 2009
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