Senate Committee Passes a Parade of Pork - Threatens Property Rights

A cynic might view today's action in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as a rare example of congressional efficiency. The committee managed to pass a bevy of pork-barrel legislation that simultaneously expands the ever-growing federal estate and threatens the rights of private property owners. The Committee's timing is curious. Since the Supreme Court's dreadful ruling in "Kelo v. New London," Americans nationwide have clamored for stronger private property rights protections. Americans are also increasingly angry about wasteful spending and pork-barrel earmarks like the infamous "bridge to nowhere." So it makes perfect nonsense that the Senate Resources Committee would respond with a slew of pork barrel programs that threaten private property rights. Is it any wonder congressional approval ratings are so low? Among the bills passed today...