That’s how Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi described the actions of 40 House Republicans– including Congressman Cline– who voted NO on a $460 billion government funding package that included earmarks they inserted to fund projects in their districts.
In Cline’s case, it was $42 million to fund improvements in the I-81 corridor.
In January Cline told The Washington Post: “I have been trying to take authority away from the massive federal bureaucracy and restore it to the actual representatives of the people here in Congress. The bureaucrats in the Education Department, the Transportation Department, the Commerce Department know less about the priorities of the working men and women of the 6th District of Virginia than their elected representatives.”
As long as he isn’t the one voting to pay for those priorities, I guess.
The I-81 improvements are needed, of course. But don’t thank Cline for them. And don’t let him take credit for them either.
Cline Watch 