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Date Posted: 08:45:09 07/18/07 Wed I guess it doesn't have any importance now that the dums are in control? July 17, 2007 Read More: Spending What's in your wallet? What's a paltry one million dollars to a member of Congress? Well, apparently not enough to know if an organization about to receive that big block of cash actually exists. Republican Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona, the fiscal crusader who's never met an earmark he likes, questioned Democratic Rep. Peter J. Visclosky of Indiana on the House floor Tuesday about whether the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure actually exists - since, hey, it's getting like a million bucks or something. Visclosky, who chairs the spending subcommittee responsible for the project, had to admit that, well, he didn't have a clue. After a lengthy back-and-forth, Flake, complaining that his staff couldn't find a website for the center, asked Visclosky, "Does the center currently exist?" "At this time, I do not know," the Indiana Democrat replied. "But if it does not exist, the monies could not go to it." And who could possibly be the sponsor of such an earmark? Yes, you guessed it, the man Republicans love to hate, Pennsylvania Democrat John P. Murtha. Despite the money's uncertain destination, the House rejected Flake's measure to strike the funds, 326-98. And the Visclosky bill also sailed through, 312-112. As I said, what's one million dollars to a member of Congress? UPDATE: I failed to report last night that a certificate filed with the requested funds says the money is actually earmarked to Concurrent Technologies Corporation, a nonprofit technological consulting firm. A brief search of campaign finance records shows CTC President and CEO Daniel R. DeVos, of alternately Central City and Johnstown, Pa. has contributed $7,000 to Murtha's reelection campaign since April 2002. By Patrick O'Connor 05:09 PM [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Yes it does have great importance . | Bev | 12:51:10 07/18/07 Wed |
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| pfaw | Stephen | 14:28:08 07/24/07 Tue |
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