The Washington Times relays Republicans’ complete reluctance to cut any of their pork projects to pay for Katrina, and Jeff Flake’s response:

Mr. Flake said it “was not a good sign” when the Senate last week soundly rejected a proposal to get rid of $230 million for a bridge in a remote area of Alaska. And he said there has been “complete unwillingness” from House Republican leaders to give back any of the special projects included in the $286 billion highway bill.

He is pleased with House Republican leaders’ push for the spending-cut package, but says to accomplish it, they must be willing to “crack heads … just like they cracked heads on encouraging us to spend more on Medicare prescription drugs.”

Posted by Stacy on October 23rd, 2005 at 8:15 pm
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