He might have recently been censured by his own party for his “long and terrible record of drafting, co-sponsoring and voting for legislation best associated with liberal Democrats,” but Arizona Sen. John McCain wants you to know he still knows pork when he smells it.
The Senate on Thursday voted 72-26 to pass the $1 trillion, 12-part omnibus spending bill, which will fund the government through the end of September. It will also fund what McCain is calling his top ten examples of pork barrel spending. Drum roll, please.
10. $15 mil for “incentive program” directing DoD to overpay on contracts by additional 5% if contractor is native #Hawaiian-owned company
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
9. $80 mil in additional funding for #Amtrak which operates in the red year after year
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
8. Multiple protectionist “Buy America” provisions hurting competition & innovation, driving up costs of gov’t procurement
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
7. $10 mil for USDA High Energy Cost Grants program subsidizing electricity bills in #Alaska & #Hawaii
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
6. $7.7 mil increase for volunteer Civil Air Program, while US Air Force budget cut
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
5. $375 mil in military “alternative energy research” such as #Navy's $12 mil purchase of 450K gallons alt fuel ($26+ per gallon)
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
4. Language easing way for DoD to enter into no-bid contracts for studies, analysis & "products of original thinking"
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/423943665824706561
2. Includes $15 mil/yr USDA office for #catfish inspection – which FDA already does – called wasteful & duplicative by GAO
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
And our top example of pork:
1. $600K for program at #Mississippi State University to research how to grow trees faster
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
If we could eliminate every one of these wasteful programs, we could realistically cut the spending bill down to a little bit less than $1.012 trillion.
My stmt opposing $1 trillion omnibus approps bill before Congress today: http://t.co/IHOF3pqXXY
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/jabney8/status/423932700915822593
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