Category Archives: Earmarks

Facts, Lies, and sins of omission

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Rockport Conservative

Update below Today I finally got fed up with newspapers, TV and radio just reading/printing the news as they get it from Associated Press, Reuters, Fox News, ABC news, and all those other alphabet news agencies, some of whom I … Continue reading →

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What have we come to? or Points to Ponder

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Rockport Conservative

  Drugmakers Vowed to Campaign for Health Law, Memos Show What a sleazy Democratic congress and administration. And the drug companies are just as bad. T/A Travel Center Fails to Fly Flag on Memorial Day, Quickly Learns the Power of the … Continue reading →

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Does McConnell actually get it, or did he just give in?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

From The Hill: GOP Senate leader McConnell backs down, agrees to earmark banBy J. Taylor Rushing – 11/15/10 08:41 PM ET Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) announced Monday that he would join a GOP effort to ban congressional earmarks, … Continue reading →

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Now this is what I’m talking about!

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

From the Washington Post: All earmarks should be banned in the House and SenateSEVEN HOUSE members, including Northern Virginia Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D), collected more than $840,000 in political contributions from employees and clients of a lobbying firm, … Continue reading →

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This is one of those d’oh things

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

From the Washington Post In e-mails, lobbyists perceive ties between campaign cash, earmarks Just a click away If you are buying buy tadalafil india from Online Pharmacies located offshore — most of the time Without Prescription. Erectile dysfunction hits a … Continue reading →

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Roll Call is onto Ortiz

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

Hometown Makes Ortiz a Frequent Flierby Paul Singer Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) has accepted tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of trips to China from a development corporation in his hometown that he aided by securing earmarks and other federal … Continue reading →

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Earmarks-Ethics?

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Rockport Conservative

As those of you who have read this from the beginning (July 16, 2009) know, I don’t get a newspaper at my home, we are in a very remote spot. I get my news online from the Houston Chronicle, Washington … Continue reading →

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