Richard Shelby (R-AL)
A single, greedy, and arrogant senator, Richard Shelby (R-AL), is preventing the confirmation of 70 nominations President Obama sent to the Senate. The reason? The President has not approved two "earmarks" (read "pork") the Senator slipped through on the back of other legislation. The two projects, of course, would send $40 billion to Alabama. And now that the press has learned that he is using the power of this "extraordinary 'blanket hold,'" he is not available for comment.
If you think this sounds like a spoiled seventh grader playing schoolyard games, you are correct! The brat is saying: If I don't get my pork barrel projects, I'll hold the Administration's nominees hostage.
Of course, as a Republican, he favors reducing the federal budget---unless of course $40 billion is going to be spent in his State.
And the other issue is, which lobbyists wrote these "earmarks" for him and what is he getting from them?
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