From The Washington Post, 3/17/06:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031602019.html
Welcome to Spend City
By Dana Milbank
Friday, March 17, 2006; Page A02
There is no specific mention of a "Vote-a-Rama" in the Constitution,
which is probably because the Framers could not have imagined what
happened in the Senate yesterday:
The chamber's 100 members gathered and, in a frenzy of legislative
activity, did their darnedest to empty the Treasury.
It was the political equivalent of going on a shopping spree the same
day you get a credit-line increase on your over-the-limit card.
In the morning, the senators increased the federal debt limit by $800
billion, to $9 trillion -- that's with a T.
In the afternoon came the Vote-a-Rama, a carnival in which the
lawmakers took turns pitching scores of amendments to the 2007 budget
measure, most calling for more money for favorite programs.
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It's only money, folks, our money.
Harry
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