Tennessee Senators Split On $410 Billion Federal Spending Bill

By Kleinheider Posted on March 10, 2009 at 6:19 pm

From the office of the junior Senator in opposition to H.R. 1105:

“I don’t know how anybody can look at piling this $410 billion bill on top of the $1 trillion stimulus passed last month and NOT call it excessive federal spending. This is trillions of dollars that we don’t have that we’re leaving for future generations to pay back,” said Corker. “Like most Tennesseans, I believe the flawed appropriations process that produced this bill is in desperate need of reform. There is absolutely no construct for fiscal discipline on the federal level, so I have supported measures not only to force a one-year moratorium on all congressional earmarks, but also to enact a two-year budget cycle, and to create a blueprint for solving the growing crisis surrounding entitlement spending.”

…and the senior Senator in support:

“Last month, I voted against the trillion-dollar so-called ‘stimulus’ package, but this is the regular appropriations bill that has to be passed each year if the government is to operate properly. I voted for several amendments that would have reduced spending, but ultimately those motions were defeated.

“The bill that passed today includes funding for several projects important to Tennesseans: an anti-gang program in Memphis; Wolf Creek and Center Hill Dam repair; rebuilding the Chickamauga Lock; as well as increased funding for Oak Ridge, the Great Smokies, and the US Forest Service’s number-one land-acquisition in the country, which is in Upper East Tennessee.”

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