P4B, did you not criticize the Democrats in the past for passing bills the president said he would veto and call it a waist of tax payer money? How is some BS vote like this not a waist of money and time? The Democrat's "tax and spend" is no better then the GOP's "borrow and spend". I don't like the earmarks, but atleast Obama has listed his, unlike Clinton.

I think I'm more upset at the fact it is a $3 trillion dollar budget with over $9 trillion in national debt and these people seem to act like irresponsible 20something year olds overspending on needless items. Don't forget the US has some $40 trillion in future commitments such as Social Security, Medicare/caid and maturing bonds. The "baby boom" generation is starting to retire and its only gonna get worse.
Zimzum Reviewed by Zimzum on . An Amendment Aimed to Tease WASHINGTON â?? Call it the showdown at the budget corral. Trying to embarrass Senator Barack Obama, Senator Wayne Allard, Republican of Colorado, offered an amendment Thursday that purported to total up the costs of Mr. Obamaâ??s favored initiatives to the tune of $1.4 trillion, which would then be added to the $3 trillion budget. The message, of course, was that Mr. Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, is a big taxer and spender. Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of Rating: 5