tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920044911439632666.post1455368905952983638..comments2023-09-20T09:10:09.096-05:00Comments on Rick vs. Kay: Kay spends more for taxpayer funded travel than all but 7 Senators, has third largest total budget of all Senators...Texas-Based Media Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08030975133642699730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920044911439632666.post-30172445539211991152009-06-12T07:49:31.325-05:002009-06-12T07:49:31.325-05:00Kay, Kay, Big Spending Kay.
All you do is spend al...Kay, Kay, Big Spending Kay.<br />All you do is spend all day.<br /><br />You vote for pork.<br />Like Mindy and Mork.<br /><br />More debt forever after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920044911439632666.post-68722616411239978042009-06-11T15:50:44.923-05:002009-06-11T15:50:44.923-05:00Once again, this blogger is not giving readers the...Once again, this blogger is not giving readers the entire story. Senators don’t determine the size of their budgets; rather, it is determined by a formula that takes into account factors such as the size of the senator’s state and its distance from Washington. It only makes sense that the California twins, Cornyn and Kay would have the largest travel and overall budgets. Plus, Kay is only #8 on the list and spent only about half of what Cornyn has spent thus far this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920044911439632666.post-61159246594650960012009-06-11T15:31:04.411-05:002009-06-11T15:31:04.411-05:00Don't be naïve. In order to justify the travel...Don't be naïve. In order to justify the travel as part of the official office budget, there has to be an official purpose, so of course they are not going to classify something as NRSC or DSCC political business. They will classify it as "trip to discuss new road construction and ways to collaborate between California and New York on best practices" when really it is just Schumer raising money in San Diego or somewhere. <br /><br />Stuff like that.WATCHDOGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920044911439632666.post-20064825541483697242009-06-11T14:22:08.568-05:002009-06-11T14:22:08.568-05:00FYI a full read of the Politico story would have t...FYI a full read of the Politico story would have told you that Cornyn and Schumer's totals do not include money spent for NRSC or DSCC business:<br /><br />"These figures do not--or at least should not--include money the senators spend on purely political trips, such as any Cornyn and Schumer may have taken as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and past chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, respectively."Christopherhttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23615.htmlnoreply@blogger.com