I posted this earlier at RedState.com:

House Democrats are having the time of their lives, a regular glee club, defending the spending in their appropriations bills. Check out this transcript:

REP. TOM PRICE (R-GA): “If I may inquire of my good friend from Washington if you have any speakers on this amendment?

REP. NORM DICKS (D-WA): “Yes, we have speakers. [But none are present to whom to yield.] But - uh - the gentlemen - how many speakers do you have?

REP. PRICE: “I’ve got more than my 20 minutes will be able to fill, so …

REP. DICKS: “I’m not going to yield you any time. So, uh … [Laughter] You might start. Go ahead and start.

REP. PRICE: “So, Mr. Chairman, the silence persists. Silence persists on the majority side because they are loathe to defend the spending that is going on here in Washington.

As Representative Price argues: “This is not government money. It’s the American taxpayers’ money.” The Democrats see this as a technicality.

The NRSC offers vid of the above shameless exchange. The Dems won’t defend their excesses: “The Silence Persists.”


Mr. President, veto these bills and send them back to the Democrats!