Bridge to Nowhere could not happen again, Schumer says
"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."
"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."
"Look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent."
"A middle-class family donates $1 to charity, they get 15 cents off their income tax. Bill Gates donates $1 to charity, he takes 35 cents off…
Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."
"The average CEO makes $10,000 more every day ... than what the average worker makes every year."
"Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago."
"Under the Obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government."
"In just one month, the Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan…
"The president campaigned against this type of legislation."
The omnibus bill has only $3.8 billion in earmarks.
"The president's plan, even after the end of its withdrawal timeline is reached, will leave in place up to 50,000 U.S. troops."
The stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."