Iraq once again way over budget

via CQPolitics;

The cost of war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next fiscal year will likely exceed the $145.2 billion request the White House made in February.

via Rep. Vito Fossella's own press release, March, 2007;

Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13) today received the highest score in New York State – and ranked in the top 15% in the entire House of Representatives -- for his efforts to reduce taxes and limit government spending based on a review of 199 votes by a well-respected non-partisan taxpayer advocacy group.

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I believe Staten Island and Brooklyn residents are smarter at spending their money than the government and deserve to keep more of it to invest, save or buy a new computer, fix up their homes or go on a vacation.

Agreed. If only Rep. Vito Fossella would let us spend that $145+ billion on what the tax payers wanted instead of his ill gotten war he stubbornly refuses to back down from supporting. Fossella must believe the tax payers of Brooklyn and Staten Island would rather he waste spend their money for them.

You can not be fiscally conservative and support Rep. Vito Fossella.