http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Speeches&ContentRecord_id=bf2b2a40-b676-68b1-958a-e5a022dc3d68

It’s the usual diatribe against earmarks, and granted, the 2002 THUD bill had some real doozies.
But the ONLY thing he rails on in the new bill that seems fairly outrageous is a beach park promenade earmark in Mississippi. He makes one dismissive aside to funding in the new bill for “those who happen to ride bikes in Spokane,” like they’re space aliens, then really says nothing else specific about the items in the new bill that should be eliminated.

All amendments, by Sen. McCain at least, are there to reroute funding for upgrading the air traffic control system. More carbon anyone??

“Senator Coburn (R-OK) is offering two amendments to the FY10 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill that will strike funding for transportation enhancements. The two amendments are S. Amendment 2370 and S. Amendment 2371.

S. Amendment 2370 prohibits funding for transportation enhancements if the Highway Trust Fund does not contain amounts sufficient to cover unfunded highway authorizations.

S. Amendment 2371 allows states to opt out of the 10% set aside rule that require states to spend at least 10% of their surface transportation funding on transportation enhancements.”