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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010 Democrats ditch efforts for government funding bill BY PAUL KANE
ANDMARY BETH SHERIDAN Senate Democrats on Thursday
abandoned their efforts to approve a comprehensive funding bill for the federal government after Re- publicans rebelled against its $1.2 trillion cost and the inclusion of nearly 7,000 line-item projects for individual lawmakers. Afteradayofbackroomnegotia-
tions, SenateMajority LeaderHar-
ryM.Reid(D-Nev.)announcedthat he could not overcome a Republi- can filibuster after GOP senators turned their backs on billions of dollars of so-called earmarks they hadsought inthebill. Instead,aslimmed-downresolu-
tion that would fund the govern- ment mostly at current levels will come before the Senate, and Reid andMinorityLeaderMitchMcCon- nell(R-Ky.)saiditwillpassbySatur-
day. Reid said the Senatewould then
return to three other Democratic priorities: a repeal of the prohibi- tion on gays serving openly in the military, a law that would benefit children of illegal immigrants, and anucleararms treatywithRussia. The majority leader’s surrender
onthe spending billmarked a final rebuke for thisCongress to the old- school system of funding the gov- ernment, inwhichthebaronsof the
Appropriations Committee decid- edwhich stateswould receive tens ofmillionsofdollarseachyear. McConnell, a member of the
panel, had long championed his own earmarks to the Bluegrass State until last month. But he mounted a furious, and ultimately successful,effort toreject theomni- bus legislation, persuading up to nine Republicanswho had consid- ered supporting the measure to turnagainst it.
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“In the last 24 hours, they’ve
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all 42 Republicans, he was threat- ening to force the reading of the 1,924-pagebillasadelayingtactic. He blamed Democrats for not
bringinganyofthe12spendingbills for fiscal 2011 to the floor. Instead,
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theydroppedthelegislation,which compiled all the bills — none of which Congress passed this year— onsenators’desksonTuesday. “The full Senatedidn’tdo its job,
and this is precisely the kind of thing the American people have gottentiredof,”hesaid. Almost everySenateRepublican
had some legislative favor in the bill,butasvoterangstoverrunaway deficits grew before the midterm elections, Republicans turned against theearmarkpractice. McConnell requested $112 mil-
lionworthof earmarks inthemea- sure, according to estimates from the nonprofit group Taxpayers for
CommonSense.Sen.ThadCochran (R-Miss.) would have been the sin- gle largest beneficiary in the bill, with more than $500 million in co-sponsoredearmarks,buthealso walkedawayfromit. Reid andmostDemocrats think
that yielding their earmark ability only gives the administration the powerof thefederalpurse. The DREAMAct is likely to fail,
but the procedural vote on ending the“don’task,don’t tell” legislation could clear the 60-vote hurdle. If it does, thatwould set up a final vote on that billMonday. At that point, the Senate would return to debate of the New Strategic Arms Reduc-
tionTreaty.Afinalvoteonthatpact withRussiais expectedbyWednes- day, and its approval requires a su- per-majorityof67votes. Democrats accused Republican
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still haven’t had an amendment,” Senate Foreign Relations Chair-
manJohnF.Kerry(Mass.)saidafter sixhoursof
speeches.Kerry is lead- ing the Democratic effort to beat back any changes to the deal with theRussians. Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.) said his staff
had compiled a two-page list of amendments that Republicans planned to offer but said a full de- bateisneededfirst. “Part of the business onthe trea-
ty is to expose its flaws and have a robust debate about those flaws, which can provide the foundation for the amendments we intend to offer,”hesaid.
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