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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Lamar Alexander sides with Democrats on McCain's Amendment to strip 8500 earmarks from the Omnibus Budget Bill
Posted by kotang at 6:23 AMContact information for Lamar Alexander:McCain Loses Fight Over Earmarks
The Senate just defeated an amendment, 63 to 32, by Senator John McCain that would have maintained federal agency spending at last year’s levels and deprived lawmakers of nearly 9,000 in earmarks.
Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona and a longtime foe of pet projects tucked into spending bills, has been bashing the bill under consideration — a $410 billion omnibus spending proposal — that would finance governmental spending through Sept. 30 of this year.The amendment that was just rejected would have jettisoned the omnibus bill and frozen spending levels.
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Nine Republicans voted with Democrats against Mr. McCain’s amendment: Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Robert Bennett of Utah, Christopher Bond of Missouri, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
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SH-302 Hart Senate Office Building
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Fax: 202-228-3398
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Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-752-5337
Fax: 423-752-5342
District Office - Jackson:
Federal Building
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Jackson, TN 38301
Phone: 731-423-9344
Fax: 731-423-8918
District Office - Knoxville:
Howard H. Baker Jr, United States Courthouse
800 Market Street, Suite 112
Knoxville, TN 37902-2303
Phone: 865-545-4253
Fax: 865-545-4252
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Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-544-4224
Fax: 901-544-4227
District Office - Nashville:
3322 West End Avenue, Suite 120
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-736-5129
Fax: 615-269-4803
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Terminal Building, Suite 101
Tri-Cities Regional Airport
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Post Office Box 1113
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: 423-325-6240
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Let him know we don't appreciate dirty socialists. Especially if they have an "R" next to their names.
Democrats, well, that's expected.
h/t Joe (not the Plumber) commenting at PW
Labels: dirty socialists, Politics, Tennessee Politics
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