How much entertainment can one get from Doc Hastings? Well that depends on what you consider entertainment but certainly his AP outburst takes the cake this week. As it is, the latest "Farm Bill" (a pork filled porkage for big ag interests and a few goodies for the folks Hastings screwed over during the past decade and timely for the vast majority of both wings just in time for elections bill) which was destined for a Presidential posture/veto and quick veto over ride arrived on the presidents desk 30 some odd pages light. For which Doc Hastings gets the following quote:
"The House should not gloss over an incident of this magnitude," Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., said on the House floor. "It's a serious constitutional violation."
A bill Hastings voted in favor of? Geezuss what an ass.
The deal is, according to the AP article, is procedure. And since a printing problem (or something like that) hasn't happened since 1892 it was quickly figured that there was a way to remedy the situation peacefully. But not before republicans could jump up and down on procedure.
The bill passed 316 to 108.
Meanwhile... more bullshit out of Doc Hastings. This time we go back to Hastings concurrent them of giving the wealthiest among us a break (the rest can just piss up a rope I guess) by opposing the state sales tax deduction on federal taxes. It appears the deduction is at the expense of corporate tax loopholes and that just doesn't sit well with Hastings.
"This Democrat tax plan is a fool’s bargain that unnecessarily raises taxes by over $50 billion in order to simply extend existing low-tax policies that have expired," said Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., in a statement. Hastings is from Pasco.
(I'm sure your constituents would agree Doc... we don't need the break. Especially if it harms Doc's weathy friends.)
But the George Fearing camp didn't waste any time reminding us all that the tax breaks on the chopping block are of the sort also slated for offshore corporations. You know... the ones that are moving American jobs overseas...
"It’s dishonorable to reward corporations who are moving jobs overseas with tax breaks in America," said Fearing. "Even more, it’s disgraceful that he would vote for these corporations over helping taxpayers right here in Central Washington. This is another example of how Doc has the wrong priorities for us."
That's your week in Doc Hastings Bullshit. Watch your step...
P.S. If you are as tired of Doc Hastings as his own district, please consider a small donation via Act Blue. Many small donations are more than the few that Hastings has recieved. George Fearing out-raised Hastings last quarter, and as I noted in a previous post on McCranium:
While the FEC report only shows donor’s of $200 or more, of the 37 donors to the Hastings campaign, just nine were individual donors... the rest were either business or PAC. Those donations accounted for nearly $31k of the $33k reported.
Of the 97 who gave to the Fearing Campaign during that same reporting period, all 97 were individual donors.
That's what it's all about folks...
(Cross posted on McCranium.org)