As the economy struggles, don't expect the federal budget to shrink at all. According to Hot Air, the budget passed this week represents massive increases for a lot of federal agencies who were kept at moderate growth rates during the Bush administration. For example, the WIC program (a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children) grows to $1.2 billion, a 21 percent jump from the $5.7 billion appropriated last year. Had the bill been filibustered, forcing changes, Nancy Pelosi pledged to kill the bill entirely, returning spending to 2008 levels. What a great idea! The Republicans who voted against filibuster were:
- Lamar Alexander
- Kit Bond
- Thad Cochran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Richard Shelby
- Olympia Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- Roger Wicker
It's time these people found new jobs. Hopefully the Republican National Committee will find primary challengers for them.
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