Sweeteners for the South
By Dana Milbank – Sunday, November 22, 2009 – Washington Post
Staffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase.
On the eve of Saturday’s showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn’t secured the support of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of the 60 votes needed to keep the legislation alive. The wavering lawmaker was offered a sweetener: at least $100 million in extra federal money for her home state.
And so it came to pass that Landrieu walked onto the Senate floor midafternoon Saturday to announce her aye vote — and to trumpet the financial "fix" she had arranged for Louisiana. "I am not going to be defensive," she declared. "And it’s not a $100 million fix. It’s a $300 million fix."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/21/AR2009112102272.html
OverTaxedPayer wrote:
Why not just call it what it is: A huge BRIBE?
I think Harry Reid should be arrested and charged with offering a bribe and Mary Landrieu should be arrested for accepting a bribe. There should be a very quick arraignment and speedy trial – the evidence is clear since they’ve both confessed! That is all this is – a BRIBE – pure and simple!!!!
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