Demrats vote for ‘Omnibus Bill’ that guts border fence

Hat tip to "GIJane" at the The Fox Hole for this summary: Buried in the pages of the current $516 billion ‘Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations’ Bill, is a clause that would cut 3 billion dollars from the two-tiered border security fence that Congress promised to build. The bill, which contains the annual expenditures for domestic and foreign spending in the upcoming fiscal year, included the WOT in Afghanistan, but left out funds for the WOT in Iraq. The whole thing is a ruse by the Democrats to sneak in more pork and spending for thousands of pet projects that were rejected by President Bush. They tried to rush the 3,500 page bill through with only 24 hours for the public and voting members to read what was hidden in the contents.

Washington Times: The 2006 Secure Fence Act specifically called for “two layers of reinforced fencing” and listed five specific sections of border where it should be installed. The new spending bill removes the two-tier requirement and the list of locations.

……Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Texas Republican who has led the charge to change the 2006 law, said she wants to give Homeland Security more flexibility and wants local officials and landowners to be consulted.

……”Senator Hutchison believes that Customs and Border Protection can better decide how to utilize limited resources to secure the border than a congressman from Maine,” said Matt Mackowiak, Mrs. Hutchison’s spokesman. He said double-tier fencing has worked in San Diego, but it might not be the right solution for the entire fence.

So Hutchinson’s solution is to let the Department of Homeland Stupidity, which has failed miserably at the job of preventing illegals from getting into this country, decide whether a fence is the most effective means to secure the border?

Smooth move, Senator ExLax. I’d love to see our elected “representatives” get a good taste of the consequences of their stupidity. They need to be forced to live on the 1,951 mile stretch of border, where unimpeded throngs of illegals traipse across everyday. They should be forced to live in the neighborhoods infested with and affected by the illegal aliens committing more crimes like molestation, theft, murder, and rape. Better yet, I’d love to collect ‘em up by the truckloads and dump them on the front lawns of every Demrat and RINO who voted against the appropriation for a border fence. . . .

Some of the PORK:

$3.5 million for La Raza, a radical hate group which advocates a takeover of parts of the U.S. Southwest by Mexico.

$1 million for the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, requested by Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, both Democrats from Arkansas;

$200,000 for the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, requested by Rep. Shelley Berkley of Nevada;

$3.74 million for research into the Formosan Subterranean Termite, requested by Reps. Rodney Alexander and Richard Baker of Louisiana;

$750,000 for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, requested by Clinton, Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid;

$3.76 million for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, requested by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison;

$1 million for the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library, requested by Sen. Thad Cochrane, Republican of Mississippi;

$150,000 for rodent control on the Aleutian Islands, requested by Ted Stevens of Alaska;

$250,000 to build the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Washington, requested by Rep. Doc Hastings.

$470,000 to study the Asian Long-Horned Beetle, requested by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois;

$244,077 for bee research in Weslaco, Texas, requested by Rep. Chet Edwards;

$213,386 to study the Oliver Fruit Fly in Montpelier, France, requested by Mike Thompson of California;

$1.7 million for the Centers for Disease Control to fund a Hollywood liaison to advise doctor dramas;

$5.1 million for “audio and visual integration” in the CDC’s new Thomas R. Harkin communications and visitor center – and, yes, that is Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa.

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