As Forysyth County conservatives attempt to recover from anti-conservative and anti-GOP votes cast by Senator Richard Burr over S 510 (Food Safety Moderization Act) and repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT), we can be thankful that S. 510 may be headed for the trash heap of the Lame Duck Congress. Whether by oversight or design, the Senate approved S. 510 veered outside constitutional boundaries when it created a tax. DOA in the House, Harry Reid attempted damage control by slipping the House version of S. 510 into the Omnibus bill…which was defeated this week.
Dirty Harry can still bring the revised S. 510 to the floor for debate. Fortunately for American farmers, time has almost run out as the death rattle of the 111th Congress nears it’s agonal respiration.
Hindsight reveals a blessed purpose behind conservative angst over Burr’s sponsorship of S. 510. His vote exposed the true nature of his ideology and Forsyth County’s lack of authentic Conservative leadership. His vote to repeal DADT seals the deal.
P.S. to Burr: Ben Nelson turned on his Nevada constituents and was boo’d out of a local pizzaria. Should you return home, keep this in mind. Home-cooking is good.
UPDATE from JoAnnMor’s Blog:
In a parliamentary move laid out on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just after 7pm, the Senate took the food safety language that was passed as part of a stop-gap budget plan by the House, attached it to another House-passed bill and approved that by unanimous consent.
A Democratic Senate aide told me that Republicans did not object to the plan, even though the bill has garnered fierce opposition in some GOP quarters.
The move was a surprise, as it seemed like the Food Safety bill was going to die in the waning days of this year, despite strong support in both the House and Senate.
The bill almost went down the drain originally because of an elementary mistake by Senate Democrats, who added revenue provisions to a measure that originated in the Senate, despite the Constitutional requirement that all spending and revenue bills start in the House.
The House refused to act directly on that legislation, because of what’s known as a “blue slip” problem.
That problem was solved when the House approved its long-term Continuing Resolution last week, which included the language of the Senate-passed food safety bill.
As reported above, the Senate on Sunday night simply took the revised food safety language that was approved by the House in the CR, substitued it to the language of HR 2751, one of the original “Cash for Clunkers” bills from last year, and approved it by unanimous consent.
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Open Letter from Freedom Works:
I hope ALL of the groups who ran ads in support of Burr’s re-election are now happy: National Right to Life, Christian Coalition, FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity.
When you support someone based on their party affiliation and how they answer a survey and not on their belief in their oath to the constitution or their voting record, this is what you get. Believe me he is laughing at you.
Lest you forget all the other votes he has had before and since TARP? Voted to reconfirm Bernake, reauthorize Head Start, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus I, S2248 Warrantless Searches, Farm Bill S2419.( Vetoed by Bush and he voted to OVERIDE, this might have been Bushes only veto in 8 years!) ( or yes by the way this bill authorizes the $50 Billion in payments to all the Black farmers for discrimination), Expanding Americore!, Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2009 ,Protect America Act(warrant less searches of the Internet), Foreign Aid, Worldwide Aids funding, Higher ed Aid for Pell etc.
How about the $50 million Government jobs vote this spring (one of 5 GOP who voted for that), the$7 trillion Prescription drug act, supporting Ted Kennedys illegal’s amnesty amendment, reinstating the government funded stem cell research ( all of the pro life enthusiasts are loving that), co sponsor of S510! I can go on, there is loads more.
And all of the pro war support and votes, and you are right, never served, kids won’t serve, but he is dictating what rules people in the military will have to live by. Is this really the best this state has to represent the good people of NC? God rest his soul Jesse Helms would have NEVER crossed his constituents and lied like this guy. Remember all Burr’s ads that he was a fiscal conservative? Hah! Where and when did he NOT vote for big wasteful spending. You could send a twelve year old to DC to vote like that. By the way, Burr’s vote for repeal of DADT was not necessary for it to pass, so he did in in spite of the military. I have been counting to ten all day, to control my words. You can write all the letters you want to Burr but nothing will change what he does or will do, he has already been reelected for 6 years. You are stuck with him. Meanwhile, more great Americans will die and be maimed abroad in the name of “freedom” when right here in our own front yard our freedoms are threatened by the people you elect more than any foreign threat in comparison. Think about it.
Peggy
NC Freedom
From email:
Why is the Republican party not addressing this legislation and working to defeat it? Why is Richard Burr’s support of this blatant power grab not being denounced?
David DeGerolamo