The Club For Growth recently released their 2007 RePORK Card, rating members of Congress for their fight against pork barreling that has bloated the size of the federal government. Not surprisingly, Gabby Giffords came in at the bottom rungs of the report.
The RePORK Card is a summary of how members of Congress voted during all 50 amendments offered so far this year to strike out earmarks for various pieces of legislation. At the top of the list, scoring 100% (meaning they voted in favor of all 50) were Fiscal Conservatives Jeff Flake, John Shadegg, and Trent Franks. But how Arizona’s other self-described Fiscal Conservative rank? A measley 2%. Meaning that Gabby Giffords voted against 49 out of 50 amendments to strike-out pork. Harry Mitchell joined her at 2%, while Arizona’s veteran liberals Ed Pastor and Raul Grijalva rated at 0%. So much for her claim to be fiscally responsible and independent from the party-line.
But really it is all just part of a larger list of lies that Gabby has fed her constituents about her so-called fiscal self-restraint. In fact Gabby has shown no restraint at all when it comes to spending her districts hard-earned tax dollars. Gabby has thus far requested over $327,000,000 in pork, making her the biggest spend-thrift of any member of Congress from Arizona. But this shouldn’t be surprising to anyone. Only one Democratic Congressman vote for more than 20% of the anti-pork bills, and that was Jim Cooper (D-TN) who scored a 98% for fiscal responsibility. Every other Democrat voted numerous times to uphold a process that has been cause for many Congressional scandals.
In all the promises the Democrats made in 2006 to control spending in Washington, none have been followed through. It is all a part of the larger ultra-liberal agenda of Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha that Gabby is being groomed for.
If Gabby can’t control her thirst for dirty money, then how can anyone from Arizona trust her to represent them in an honest manner?
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