Daily Tweets: Claire McCaskill breaks with Democratic Party
March 3, 2009 at 1:02 pm by Wayne Garciaclairecmc Voted yes on McCain amendment. Awkward when I disagree with party leadership but I really think McCain is right on this one.
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(Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is talking about supporting John McCain’s amendment today to scrap the recently passed $410 billion omnibus spending authorization bill because of its many earmarks. GoxExec reported:
Congress would extend expiring stopgap spending legislation through fiscal 2009 that would fund several government programs at fiscal 2008 levels and scrap a $410 billion omnibus fiscal 2009 appropriations bill the Senate began considering Monday, under an amendment introduced by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. “The approach is fiscally responsible, disciplined and expeditious, which is why just two years ago we agreed to nearly the exact same approach” for fiscal 2008 appropriations, McCain said.)
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