McConnell gets nearly $3 B for KY dam project in compromise

[Skjellyfetti]

Most experts agree that there were no real winners in the government shutdown debate. And many political forecasters say the brunt of fallout from the debate over the shutdown and the debt ceiling is likely to hurt Republican lawmakers.

However, the nation’s leading Republican senator came out of the deal far from empty handed. That’s because it’s been reported that Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell secured language in the new government funding bill that includes nearly $3 billion for a dam project in his home state of Kentucky.

According to reports, a provision in the funding bill includes $2.918 billion in funding to the Army Corps of Engineers to install locks as part of the Olmsted Dam and Lock Authority Project on the Ohio River.

A recent investigation by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch found that the project has run millions of dollars over budget and should have been completed “years ago.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that the project will not be fully complete until 2024.

McConnell’s spokesman dodged a question about the funding provision when asked by local radio affiliate WFPL.

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[D1B]

(Insert dipshit conk here) __________________________________ to bleat "It's pennies compared to (insert anything Obama has done here) _______________________________ in 3....2....1...

[Chizzang]

I've only said it 100 times....
Republican doesn't mean you spend less of the tax payers money
It just mean you spend it differently

This is just example number 10,000

[SDHornet]

I've only said it 100 times....
Republican doesn't mean you spend less of the tax payers money
It just mean you spend it differently

This is just example number 10,000

This.

[AZGrizFan]

(Insert dipshit conk here) __________________________________ to bleat "It's pennies compared to (insert anything Obama has done here) _______________________________ in 3....2....1...

It's fucking bullshit, that's what it is.

[Trapped in CA]

Just because you want a hamburger doesn't mean you want to see the cow.

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[DSUrocks07]

McConnell was bought. That's all that needs to be said here. I'm surprised that the Donks on here are reacting this way. Why do you care about this? It got you what you wanted. I thought we didn't have a spending problem?

Unlimited spending for everybody!!!!

[DSUrocks07]

I've only said it 100 times....
Republican doesn't mean you spend less of the tax payers money
It just mean you spend it differently

This is just example number 10,000

Two-party system at work

[Baldy]

McConnell was bought. That's all that needs to be said here. I'm surprised that the Donks on here are reacting this way. Why do you care about this? It got you what you wanted. I thought we didn't have a spending problem?

Unlimited spending for everybody!!!!

Obviously the shit has been fixed since 2006, right?

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[andy7171]

[kalm]

[ASUG8]

Absolutely dead-on. I'll vote for Barney the dinosaur if he runs against Lindsay Graham and has a fiscal conservative, non-Tea Party platform. You dyed in the wool donks should be as outraged as the rest of us about this - I'd kick Cruz and McConnell out if I could vote against them, and you guys certainly ought to have Harry Reid and Pelosi on the next bus out of town.

[bluehenbillk]

I agree but I don't have faith in the American people anymore. That and the gerrymandered congressional districts make the 1919 BlackSox scandal look more innocent than the current political party machines....

[HI54UNI]

McConnell is a douche. All the establishment guys are. There are reasons not to like guys like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul but when guys like McConnell, McCain, Peter King, etc. are all bitching about them they must be doing something right.

[AZGrizFan]

There are reasons not to like guys like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul but when guys like McConnell, McCain, Peter King, etc. are all bitching about them they must be doing something right.

Thats kind of the way I see it.

[Gil Dobie]

Obamadoesn'tcare, he got his bill passed.

[blueballs]

In no way is it acceptable... the broader fact is that McConnell is being challenged in the primary and Reid and Obama just basically gave him a $3 billion campaign contribution, which means they consider him a useful idiot.

[89Hen]

Maybe I glanced at this too quickly, but it sounded like the $2.9B was for a project on a river that straddles KY (McConnell) and IL (Durbin) where both states benefit equally. So why are folks only talking about one side of the river? I guess it just makes for good media and so people like Jelly can have their opinions given to them.

[Pwns]

Of course, most everyone hates Congress but insists their guy or gal isn't the problem.

We can has term limits, please?

[DSUrocks07]

Of course, most everyone hates Congress but insists their guy or gal isn't the problem.

We can has term limits, please?

This right here.

[SDHornet]

McConnell is a douche. All the establishment guys are. There are reasons not to like guys like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul but when guys like McConnell, McCain, Peter King, etc. are all bitching about them they must be doing something right.

[dbackjon]

Maybe I glanced at this too quickly, but it sounded like the $2.9B was for a project on a river that straddles KY (McConnell) and IL (Durbin) where both states benefit equally. So why are folks only talking about one side of the river? I guess it just makes for good media and so people like Jelly can have their opinions given to them.

Actually, Illinois benefits very little from it. While the other half of the dam is in Illinois, the Lock/operations are in Kentucky. Illinois farmers/etc. use the Ohio River very little - the Illinois/Mississippi River system is the main conduit for Illinois farm/coal being shipped to New Orleans.

This benefits Kentucky, Tennessee (barge traffic up and down the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, which are affected by this projected) and to a lesser extent Indiana, Ohio and West VA.

[dbackjon]

The lock and dam are replacing Lock and Dams number 53 and 52. Will reduce delays in shipping, lowering costs to all of us, and is a needed upgrade to the nation's infrastructure.

[AZGrizFan]

The lock and dam are replacing Lock and Dams number 53 and 52. Will reduce delays in shipping, lowering costs to all of us, and is a needed upgrade to the nation's infrastructure.

[D1B]

The lock and dam are replacing Lock and Dams number 53 and 52. Will reduce delays in shipping, lowering costs to all of us, and is a needed upgrade to the nation's infrastructure.

Another $3billion in white collar welfare.