He said his constituents ask for little - beyond lower spending. If I were to run around and crow about a dam on the Milwaukee River in Washington County, I would probably be laughed out of Congress. Those methods are used in many military and scientific allocations, he said. I came here talking about eliminating the deficit and wasteful spending. The GOP controls both the House and Senate.
Representatives blame senators.
Republicans blame the president. The White House blames Congress. Lack of discipline Paul Ryan was miffed as he paged through a combined spending package for Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development. But, like happened to Feingold, Ryan wound up voting against the transportation package containing those same expenditures. He was opposed to the bill's requirement that states lower the intoxication level to 0.08 for drunken driving - or risk losing federal highway dollars.