In what many are calling an earmark hypocrisy, Alabama is, of course, right in the middle of it all. Jeff Sessions has personally placed $4.3 million in earmarks in the spending bill. This wouldn’t be so bad until you actually hear the words that come out of his mouth. He said he will not vote on the bill because there are too many earmarks for pork.
I suppose he doesn’t have a problem with doing one thing and saying another. In fact, in 2006 Sessions was opposed to parts of the Voting Rights Act, which he described as a “piece of intrusive legislation.“ He was in favor of letting it expire, and also said that Congress should consider if it was needed in some northern cities and states. He later voted in favor of extending it.
Sessions is one of the 28 senators to place earmarks in the spending bill out of the 30 who are voting against it for having earmarks. Here is the rest of the list.
Barrasso (4 earmarks, $2.7 million)
Bayh (4 earmarks, $1.2 million)
Bennett (23 earmarks, $18 million)
Brownback (21 earmaks, $12 million)
Bunning (5 earmarks, $735,000)
Burr (3 earmarks, $1.3 million)
Chambliss (7 earmarks, $4.3 million)
Collins (1 earmark, $380,000)
Corker (1 earmark, $760,000)
Cornyn (5 earmarks, $2.5 million)
Crapo (1 earmark, $100,000)
Enzi (5 earmarks, $1.7 million)
Graham (14 earmarks, $9.5 million)
Grassley (8 earmarks, $350,000)
Gregg (19 earmarks, $10 million)
Hatch (7 earmarks, $700,000)
Hutchison (35 earmarks, $9.9 million)
Inhofe (34 earmarks, $53 million)
Isakson (2 earmarks, $1.4 million)
Kyl (3 earmarks, $5 million)
Lugar (10 earmarks, $3.3 million)
Martinez (8 earmarks, $18.8 million)
McConnell (36 earmarks, $51 million)
Roberts (11 earmarks, $2.2 million)
Sessions (12 earmarks, $4.3 million)
Thune (6 earmarks, $4.3 million)
Vitter (16 earmarks, $4 million)
Voinovich (6 earmarks, $13.5 million)
Glad I didn’t vote for sessions, but then again, I usually don’t say one thing and do another.
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Tags: earmarks, Jeff Sessions, Politics, pork, spending bill
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