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@jobless – "Looks like Obama will need to veto Hoyer's spending bills to remind him who is in charge"

You are clueless too! Go back to and read about American government – none of the three branches is "in charge".

That whole Messiah campaign was just for votes – you know that right? It is not a movie.

The old democrats are the same as the old republicans...they have been in office forever and feel an entitlement and want to make sure Obama knows who is in charge and have no intention on giving up their power to him. These are the ones that supported Hillary – so the status quo wouldn't change...its time we got term limits for reps and senators, so we don't have 91 year old grumpy old men who want the power forever and wont let it go til you pry it from their cold dead hands.

When the VP said that President Obama would be tried during his first 6 months in office, he meant the republicans, the Democrats, our allies and our enemies. All are trying to see how far they can go. And the answer is, not far. President Obama doesn't play.

Hey Hoyer...THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. Obama can veto, but they can overrule his vetoes anyway. As long as he vetoes in order to make them look foolish, I'm happy.

And I thought the republicans were bad about pork in the Bills, They democrats are wrose than a fleet of drunken sailors when it cames to pork, and I should know, I was one of those drunken sailors!

Hoyer supports wasteful pork spending. Looks like Obama will need to veto Hoyer's spending bills to remind him who is in charge.

Thank you Jim. The only change that both parties want to see is the change in your pockets.

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Dan, Tx: Haven't you gotten it yet? Earmarks are payback to cronies for putting you into office. The Dem's or Republicans are not going to
take them out. They can't afford to. Until we start removing those that vote for these illicit payouts, we will continue to have them.

AH another scum politican that listens to no one. in 2010 lets
send this a– home

Hoyer should shut up and accept Obama's direction on this. It's not about who's right. No, it's about what's right. That means ditching earmarks. Hoyer . . . button your mouth, control your emotions, and do what's right.

The Bridge to No Where was a Republican earmark. The current Alaskan (R) governor used earmark money to build a road that goes to the bridge than will never be built,

Lots of people, of both parties, have pork grease on their hands and that's a fact that can not be covered up by any color of partisan lipstick.

Mr. Hoyer: If you allow congress to decide the earmark issue, that is crazy. To many in Congress that would say : You added an earmark, now I want to add a earmark and so on and so forth....... Talk about in fighting. Lets say NO EARMARKS, only important monies spent. Hear me Mr. Hoyer!!!

Dan, Tx: Haven't you gotten it yet? Earmarks are payback to cronies for putting you into office. The Dem's or Republicans are not going to
take them out. They can't afford to. Until we start removing those that vote for these illicit payouts, we will continue to have them.

Now this IS NOT change that America voted for. Get these earmarks out of the budget – we can't afford them. Obama better veto this budget or he will not get my vote next time!!!!!

I thought it would take at least 6 months for obama's total inexperience to show since I believed the cdemocratic congress would side with him publicly until then.

It's been less than two months and everyone is pushing him around especially Jack in the Box- Pelosi, (did everyone else notice how comical it was the way she jumped out of her seat about every 10 seconds during his address to the nation? I was on the floor laughing at her!!!), Reid, Great Briain, hell even France can push him around and France is afraid of everything.

With the mood of the taxpayers now, statements like this one from Hoyer will ensure his defeat in the next election. I hope he's writing this down.

Of course congress will get to decide because Obama will vote present

Hoyer is another career politician who has outlived any usefulness that he may have once possessed. Term limits is whats required to get rid of these elitist, you-owe-me congressional leeches on the public.

Someone should have asked the Idiot who has the final signature on the bill.

Um, Dan, hate to break it to you, but Obama can veto bills coming out of Congress. And since the Senate cannot override a veto without the support of Republicans, Obama can control if earmarks get into bills. He can just vote no on every bill until Congress changes tunes.

Great... the Dems finally get in, and these geezers aren't smart enough to hold on to it. If they only go half as wild as the republicans did then it is over.

Don't they get it? It may be a small amount of the budget, but it speaks volumes to how seedy the government is run these days. The people have spoken a few times on this. They don't like it. And they aren't going to like it. So if you want to soon become house MINORITY leader I suggest you go right ahead and act like the pompous, out of touch, limo liberal that you seem to be.

Hey Rick – I agree with you 100%. And, as we are so often reminded, Obama has only been in office less than two months. Man, we are in some serious trouble!!

IMPEACH OBAMA!!!!!

Rick said nothing of any significance or meaning. Rick, we know that BUSH was not able to stop any earmarks, it isn't the presidents job. Rick you are as much of an empty suit as your leader, Rush Limbaugh.

Congress controls earmarks, and if the democrats want to win in 2010 they should remove most of them.

Another campaign promise bites the dust... what a surprise!

That's a laugh! Congress will have to stand in line. There are plenty ahead of them already waiting to take their turn at pushing Obama around (psst! he doesn't like confrontation). Russia, Iran, N. Korea, PRC are already in line. Besides, Obama's not against earmarks. Ever hear of ACORN?

It would have nice if our Democrats would have stood up to Bush or the repugs before they ran the country into the ground. Now they want to grow a backbone, Just get the bill done and send it to the President,

DIDN'T DENY BUSH & HIS CROOKS MUCH THERE.

BUT NOW WE ARE GOING TO PLAY PULL MY FINGER

WITH ANY ATTEMPT TO TURN THIS ECONOMY & THIS

NATION AROUND, WE GIVE YOU THE JOBS & YOU BEST

UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL VOTE ALL OF YOU OUT OF

OFFICE. WE ARE IN JEOPARDY & IN NO MOOD FOR ANY CRAP.

lolol...wow, I knew it was going to be fun to watch this clown show called the Obama administration implode but I had no idea it would be so soon.

Who runs this country? I thought voters wanted Obama to, but it seems he's just the whipping boy for Congress ! Great..............

VERY BIG MAN TALK FROM A LOT OF SIT AROUND & DO

NOTHING FOLKS ON OUR PAYROLL. BETTER GIVE OUR

PRESIDENT ALL HE NEEDS TO TURN THIS SHIP AROUND

OR WE WILL START VOTING RECENT COLLEGE GRADS IN OFFICE.

The Ricks on the bus go...

...WAH! WAH! WAH!

...Patriot Act...

...my man!

Ok...and WE'LL decide whether the folks presently in Congress get to stay!

MR. HOYER,

JUST BARE IN MIND THAT WE HAVE ELECTED

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO UN-DO WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE

DONE FOR THE PAT 2 DECADES. WE WILL VOTE ANY DEMOCRAT,

INDEPENDENCE OR REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE, THAT STANDS

IN HIS WAY. THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO THE BANK IF YOU CAN FIND

ONE IN GOOD STANDING, NO THANKS TO ANY OF YOU.

Guess this means the only way we will ever have line item veto in our Government is if we have a national vote. Congress lives and dies by pork.

To those Comrades of the DEMONCRATES, Obama's stimulus made 60 jobs today while UNEMPLOMENT ROSE TO 8%, Good job comrades, you sold out our country to higher TAXES

Congress should listen more to the president and the mood of the people if they are to be re-electable. Earmarks are not the 'right' of congress as they seem to believe.

Don't listen to congress because all earmarks are written by the President, or so you would think as everyone is blaming the President for earmarks.

Hoyer is right, after all Barry Obama's main job was a community organizer and he is proving that now.

Dang even Dems have no respect for BO.

Oooo we have the taxpayers credit card. Let's just spend, spend, spend.

Politics as usual. Heaven help us all.

With Americans having less confidence in our Politicans both Dem. and Rep. in Washington, you better do what it takes to end all these earmarks or you won't see another term in your Senate seat or House seat........there may be times for earmarks but not now during these bad economical times..........so cut the crap and do what the people of this country sent you there to do........eliminate waste..........support the President and stop fighting, your acting just like your counter parts the Republicans.......

The bridge to nowhere was a REPUBLICAN earmark, stop pretending only Dems add them in.
Do not forget who got us in all this debt to begin with, REPUBLICANS.

Why is that the Democrats are causing more pain for Obama than the Republicans?

OK, Let's see the congress sit down and hammer out a set of criteria to enable them come up with a technical defenition for an earmark.

Pipe down, Steny. Obama wasn't REALLY planning on doing anything about earmarks... it was all just "heated campaign rhetoric" as was ALL his promises.

You'll get your pork. Now play along like a good democrat and let Obama spout with steam and fury.

Liberals = mindless lemmings

FYI to HOYER:

IT IS CALLED "THE LINE ITEM VETO" OBAMA WILL USE IT!

Democrats showing their true coloirs. Makes you proud to vote for fools!

The Dem's had better watch out or they will be voted out.

Republicans are soooooo ignorant. They are not the majority and they certainly do not have control. But let's humor them in thinking they are "DA MAN" HA! HA! HA!

Round 1 in Dems v. Obama. Round 2 will be the Iraq troop withdrawl.

Keep it up Boys and Girls, you only have two years to get your earmarks in and you're sure showing America how it's done.

Hoyer is the third Dem. to say that the President has no authority over them. Curious that they allowed Bush to walk all over them, and never once said that he didn't have any authority over them. Now they have courage? Or is it something else?