Senate Proceeding on Mar 12th, 2008 :: 2:09:25 to 2:10:35
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Speech By: Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint: conference reports with thert house. but that provision has been gutted and ignored. the original pelosi-demint transparency rule r gavee senators the right to force a votee on individual earmarks

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Jim DeMint: that were added into conference reports in the dark ofar night. n but that provision was secretly gutted. the original pell pelosi-deminti- transparency rule said bills containing earmarkcos could not be

2:09:51 to 2:10:01( Edit History Discussion )

Jim DeMint: n brought to the floor until we had at least 48 hours to read the bill on-line in an easily searchablele format that was not easily searchable with this bill that you're looking at on the table. but

2:10:01 to 2:10:15( Edit History Discussion )

Jim DeMint: that provision too has been gutted and ignored. in fact, in less than 24 hours, we brought this bill to the senate floor, the largest appropriation bill in our history that contained over 11,000 earmarks

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Jim DeMint: and it passed in less than 48 hours. no one read that bill. we're wrecking the federal budget and com mittee is still expect -- budget and we still expect americans toca balance their family budget.

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Jim DeMint: the original pelosi-demint transparency rule said neither the senator nor his or her family could financially benefit from an earmark, but that provision has been changed to the point where it's almost