Necessary Roughness

Senate Authorizes Fence, then Defunds It
July 14th, 2006 at 6:39 am

The Washington Times reports that the Senate defeated an amendment 71-29 that would have provided the money for a fence on the border they approved 83-16.

Senate Roll Call 200 shows Sen. DeWine approving the fence and Sen. Voinovich voting against it.

Senate Roll Call 126 shows both DeWine and Voinovich voting for the fence.

Senator Voinovich voted for the fence before voting against it. Thanks.

It might bring back a little honesty into the legislature if a project is funded in the same bill where it’s approved.

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One Response to “Senate Authorizes Fence, then Defunds It”

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   August 3rd, 2006 at 8:49 am

   [...] in his quae didicisti et credita « How Do You Like Your Federal Accounting Books? U.S. Senate For the Fence Again August 3rd, 2006 at 8:46 am The Washington Times reports that three weeks after the Senatedenied funding for a border fence, they vote to fund it. Mr. Frist made no mention of the July vote, which was on an amendment to the homeland-security appropriations bill, but his spokeswoman said her boss feared what homeland-security programs might be cut under that earlier amendment. [...]