Obama Likely to Sign $1.1 Trillion Omnibus with 5,224 Earmarks, Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Needle Exchange, White House Says

CNSNews.com - Obama Likely to Sign $1.1 Trillion Omnibus with 5,224 Earmarks, Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Needle Exchange, White House Says: "President Barack Obama will likely sign the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package passed by the Senate over the weekend containing more than 5,000 earmarks, a White House spokesman said Monday, stressing that the number of earmarks had dropped from the previous year’s spending bill.

Obama signed the 2009 omnibus bill last March. It contained 8,570 earmarks. He vowed then that the bill signing was simply wrapping up the previous year’s business – a “departure point” – and that things would change under his watch..."

Wanna see what change looks like?

This year's bill includes:

• $400,000 for the restoration and renovation of the Ritz Theatre in Newburgh, N.Y.;
• $1,000,000 for repairs, restoration, and modernization of a theatre and construction of an additional space at the Portsmouth Music Hall in New Hampshire;
• $400,000 for construction and renovation for safety improvements at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden;
• $350,000 for renovation of the Uptown Theatre in Philadelphia;
• $250,000 for construction of the Monroe County Farmer’s Market in Kentucky;
• $194,000 for completion of the historic restoration project at the Historic Slater Mill in Pawtucket, R.I.; and,
• $150,000 for Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Inc., for renovation and build out of the Pregones Theatre, in the Bronx.

Hat tip to Creekmore over at the Survivalist Blog for turning me on to this bit of nonsense.

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