The Madness Will Not End Until It Is Forcefully STOPPED

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Boehner: Democrats Should Post Half-Trillion Dollar Omnibus Spending Bill Online Immediately

Washington, Feb 19 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on plans by Democratic leaders to schedule a vote as soon as next week on the half-trillion dollar “omnibus” spending bill to complete the FY 2009 appropriations process:

“If Democratic leaders plan to schedule a vote on the half-trillion dollar omnibus spending bill next week, they should post the legislation online immediately so the American people have adequate time to read the measure and understand what is in it. My colleagues in the Republican leadership and I made this request two weeks ago, and to date, our request has gone unanswered. Time is running short, and American taxpayers deserve to know how their hard-earned tax dollars will be used under this legislation.

“The fact that the Democratic Majority is planning to bring this massive spending bill to the House floor just days after Congress approved the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ spending plan is added proof that ‘borrow and spend’ has become Washington’s go-to strategy for funding more programs and projects that taxpayers do not need and cannot afford.

“Will the omnibus spending bill be loaded with pork-barrel earmarks? Will it contain harmful language aimed at stopping environmentally-safe energy exploration far off our shores? Will it include other controversial policy changes akin to the ‘stimulus’ bill’s provisions to undermine welfare reform and allow government bureaucrats to ration out health care for families and seniors? These are important questions that must be answered – and will be answered, if Democratic leaders give the American people ample time to review the legislation by placing it online immediately.”

NOTE: Boehner and other Members of the House GOP leadership sent a letter [PDF]to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on February 5 asking that the massive FY 2009 omnibus spending bill be posted online immediately. To date, that letter has gone unanswered.

Remember that it is Democrats who are spending your tax dollars faster than you can earn them, and that it is Republicans who are trying to stem the bleeding.

Think 2010. Vote this idiocy out of power.

There's my two cents.