Woodstock Earmark Gets Denied
Congrats to Senators Tom Coburn and Jon Kyl who offered an amendment today to defund the $1 million earmark to the Woodstock Museum in New York. The Senate just accepted the amendment, 52-42 (the vote tally is currently not available, but this link is correct, so just check back later).
UPDATE: The reason why this Woodstock earmark got so much press is because the people who sought the earmark made $29,000 worth of campaign contributions to Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton after the two Senators inserted the pork project into the Labor-H appropriations bill. On that note, I just received an email from someone who jokingly suggested that we "call the Woodstock guy and ask him if he is going to seek a refund from Hillary and Schumer."
Actually, that Woodstock guy -- billionaire Alan Gerry -- is scheduled to be on CNBC's Squawk Box tomorrow morning to debate Senator Tom Coburn on this wasteful pork project. Should be interesting.
