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mitty14u2

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Tue Dec 17, 2013, 03:08 PM Dec 2013

McConnell Debt Ceiling Payoff? $2 billion for Kentucky dam project

McConnell Debt Ceiling Payoff? $2 billion for Kentucky dam project


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was part of the leadership who brought today’s debt-ceiling legislation into play. The Republican certainly has been labeled a member of the RINO club in the past, but was he willing to fold in part for a $2 billion federal payoff?

So, how does $2 billion for a state project taste to the senator? Here is a brief portion of a post on Senate Conservative Fund.


The McConnell-Reid bill not only funds Obamacare and suspends the debt limit, it ALSO includes a provision in Section 123 that increases the authorization for the Olmsted Lock in Kentucky from $775 million to nearly $3 billion.

It’s the Kentucky Kickback.

http://radioviceonline.com/mcconnell-debt-ceiling-payoff-2-billion-fo-kentucky-dam-project/

Pork is still Alive and Sick in Washington!

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