The Pigford settlement, a fiscal resolution for claims of discrimination against black farmers, is under suspicion of massive fraud.  Fraud that is being funded by taxpayers in excess of a billion dollars thanks to the lame duck democrat congress that added that billion at the request of Mr. Obama.

But yesterday the House had an opportunity to block $1.25 billion in excess funding to that settlement by approving an amendment proposed by Rep Steve King of Iowa.  This could have stopped the Department of Agriculture and the Obama Administration from pumping out more cash until the fraud charges could be investigated.  Seventy eight Republicans voted against the amendment.  One of them was NH CD-2 rep Charlie Bass.

I’m sure representative Bass has a perfectly good explanation for refusing to stop another $1.25 billion for a program under this much suspicion.  But since he is not my representative (mine voted to stop the funding) perhaps his own constituents will feel inclined to do the digging and the asking themselves.

$1.25 Billion is not much in the age of Obama, but then what is.  But you have to start someplace.