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Originally Posted by Redux
Ignorance is when you ignore the facts, not opinion.
Ignorance is insisting that Congress has no oversight role in foreign affairs that justify foreign trips by Democrats.
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Still trying to justify Pelosi's jaunt to Italy>
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Ignorance is insisting that the latest budget proposal was not transparent when by any and all standards it has been fully transparent.
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The one they released in it's final version three days before the vote?
Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, this morning issued the following statement after Democrats released a 3,565-page FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill that is expected to be voted on later today.
“An initial review of this 3500 plus page bill confirms that this legislation is a bad for deal for American taxpayers, American families and the fiscal future of our children. Democrats squandered an opportunity to work together on a clean bill that is free of wasteful earmarks and budget gimmicks.
“Just three years ago, then Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the refusal to allow Members three days to read legislation before voting on it ‘martial law.’ Abandoning her word, Speaker Pelosi is now engaging in ‘martial law’ herself by trying to force a 3500 page bill containing 11 individual spending bills through Congress before anyone knows exactly what is in it.
“We know that this bill contains over 8000 earmarks. Those earmarks, combined with budget gimmicks that hide billions of dollars and other added-on spending ensure that the Democrats’ bill is well over the spending level requested by President Bush. While providing additional funds for our veterans is important, that extra spending must be offset elsewhere in this trillion dollar budget…