Economic conservatives won tonight with the collapse of the Omnibus appropriations spending bill. A growing number of Americans opposed it. Your voice was heard.Technorati tags: politics news Democrats Mark Kirk Illinois Congress illinois politics Republican Harry Reid democrats Nevada
Senator Reid announced to the Senate that we would not move forward with a 1,924-page, $1.1 trillion bill containing 6,600 earmarks. Change is coming to Washington as the Congress moves forward with a much less expensive and responsible short-term Continuing Resolution that will cost less, allowing essential government functions to continue until the newly elected Senators and Congressmen take office January 5th. I especially want to thank the 12 new GOP Senators-elect that joined me this afternoon in opposing this bill.
The American people won.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Mark Kirk statement on defeat of earmark bill
America's newest senator, Mark Kirk (R-IL), just released the following statement in regards to the defeat of Harry Reid's earmark bill:
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