House votes down bill to ax military sponsorship of NASCAR

[Joanne98]

Source: Hampton Roads

The House voted 281-148 today against Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum's amendment that would have banned military sponsorship of NASCAR teams.

Most Democrats backed McCollum's amendment, while Republicans overwhelmingly voted against it. The measure failed in a recorded vote just before 2 p.m. after failing Thursday night by voice vote. McCollum called for a recorded vote.

The National Guard sponsors Dale Earnhardt Jr., the U.S. Army sponsors Ryan Newman and the U.S. Air Force sponsors AJ Allmendinger.

The Army pays $7.4 million to sponsor Newman's car. The Air Force pays under $2 million, including activation, to sponsor Allmendinger. The National Guard decreased its sponsorship fees 35 percent from last year when it paid $20.1 million in sponsorship fees on the No. 88 team last year and $12.7 million sponsoring the No. 24 team at Hendrick Motorsports -- a total of nearly $32.8 million in sponsorship).



Read more: http://hamptonroads.com/2011/02/house-votes-down-bill-ax-military-sponsorship-nascar

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NASCAR WELFARE!

[gmoney]

1. billboards on wheels...

Do NASCAR fans join the military? I'd guess they do... "If Dale Jr. says I should fight, I'll fight!"

[arcane1]

2. Every tax-paying American is a NASCAR sponsor, apparently

Kinda messed up if you ask me!

[Brother Buzz]

7. I'm fine with it if they would send me my damn pit pass

that included comped meal, drinks, and room - everything a VIP sponsor would expect.

[Drale]

3. How much money could they save

if the Military would stop advertising all together?

[center rising]

4. As a NASCAR fan

I'm glad this went down. NASCAR is the right demographic with them.

[keepCAblue]

11. Damn straight -- priorities!!! Fed funds for NASCAR but not for Planned Parenthood.

I'm mean, really, who needs affordable health care for struggling women and their families, so long as NASCAR keeps its federally-funded military sponsorship. Nice to see AmeriKKKans have their priorities straight.

:sarcasm:

[2banon]

17. and Seseme Street be damned! n/t

[2banon]

16. seriously?

you're happy that we pay to sponsor nascar? Is Nascar of national importance to the us citzenry? Would Nascar cease to exist despite all the corporate sponsorship? :shrug:

[boppers]

5. Holy crap, really?

We're using defense dollars to support this?

[onehandle]

6. 'Republican House Supports Wasteful Spending' nt

[valerief]

8. But, but the GOP want to CURB spending, right? Right?

:shrug:

What am I missing here? Oh, yeah.

GOP HYPOCRISY!

[bongbong]

14. Their rule

There's a rule repigs have to follow.

*) Rule One: You must either lie, cheat, steal, or be a hypocrite every time you make an action.
*) Violation of Rule One means you are a RINO and you must get screamed at by teabaggers.

[OhioChick]

9. What a fucking waste of money n/t

[SaveAmerica]

10. Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

[2Design]

12. great place for government to cut instead of the poor but these are GOP votes

[Historic NY]

13. $41 million sure would go a long way helping out the VA.........

do we the American taxpayer ever get a return on these teams and a share of the winnings?

Let the Kochsuckers pay for a team.

[jmowreader]

15. $ million is chicken shit money. You know that, right?

According to http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/politics/us-foreign-aid.htm, we spent $4 billion on military aid to Egypt and Israel last year--$1.3 billion to Egypt, the rest to Israel.

According to http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/business/media/11adco.html, the five-year US Army advertising budget is over a billion, which includes such wonders as spending many millions to develop a first-person shooter video game that is renowned for its quality and accuracy.

Given that, the Army is getting the best deal of all--Ryan Newman has actually won a race with the Army's logo on his car. Little E ain't won a race in a few years, and he rolls off 43rd on Sunday because he can't keep the fucking car out of the wall.

[Crowman1979]

18. So their giving money to a sport that I hate?!?!?

:mad:

What's next? Are they going to sponsor the PGA tour?

[ChromeFoundry]

19. It makes sense...

The US Gov't sponsors the action of going round-and-round in circles all day, making a lot of noise, and accomplishing absolutely nothing.

They do that all day too!