Wall Street Bailout and BLM/Forestry Service

[jdubb]

Some of pork in the new bill includes a marketing campaign for the Forestry Service or the Bureau of Land Management and a $128 million break for manufacturers of racing tracks.

 

[kilby]

There's also a provision for helping employers help workers who ride bikes to work. It's also predictable that BOTH presidential candidates are "opposed" to earmarks, yet voted for this bill.

 

[RatLabGuy]

... It's also predictable that BOTH presidential candidates are "opposed" to earmarks, yet voted for this bill.

To their credit, at least both of them voted for it the first time around pre-pork addition.