Mitch McConnell Got A $2 Billion Kickback In Debt Deal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell secured a $2 billion earmark for his agreement on the debt deal, and a group called the Senate Conservatives Fund is displeased.
Americans are familiar with the ‘Cornhusker Kickback’ that Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson was given in exchange for his vote on Obamacare. Well now Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell has an Obamacare earmark of his own.
“The McConnell-Reid deal not only funds Obamacare and suspends the debt limit, it also includes a provision in Section 123 that increases funding for the Olmsted Locks and Dam in Kentucky from $775 million to $2.9 billion.
“In exchange for funding Obamacare and raising the debt limit, Mitch McConnell secured a $2 billion Kentucky kickback.
“This is an insult to Kentucky families who don’t want to pay for Obamacare and who don’t want to shoulder any more debt.
“Mitch McConnell is trying to blame others for this abuse, but everyone knows he negotiated this deal and everyone knows he wrote the bill. If he didn’t want the earmark included, he could have kept it out.
“Also, this isn’t the first time he has supported funds for this project. He also requested $100 million for it in 2010.
“This is what’s wrong with Washington and it’s what’s wrong with Mitch McConnell.”
