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Should earmarks/pork be permanently banned?
I say yes.All waste must be cut especially pork spending.
Toomey, McCaskill to call for permanent earmark ban - 2chambers - The Washington Post
A bipartisan duo in the Senate is planning to introduce legislation that would permanently ban earmarks, the legislative practice of securing funding for lawmakers’ pet projects.
Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) will announce their proposal Wednesday morning at a Capitol news conference. The move comes one year after McCaskill and then-Sen.-elect Toomey penned a joint USA Today op-ed supporting a temporary moratorium on earmarks. Toomey is a freshman senator and a former president of the conservative Club for Growth; McCaskill is facing a competitive re-election bid next year.
Until last year’s lame duck session, earmarks had long been a hallmark of the way Congress has done business. But following a midterm election marked by voter anger at federal spending and the country’s record debt, a renewed emphasis on fiscal restraint in Washington meant that lawmakers could no longer steer money toward their pet projects.
I say yes.All waste must be cut especially pork spending.
Toomey, McCaskill to call for permanent earmark ban - 2chambers - The Washington Post
A bipartisan duo in the Senate is planning to introduce legislation that would permanently ban earmarks, the legislative practice of securing funding for lawmakers’ pet projects.
Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) will announce their proposal Wednesday morning at a Capitol news conference. The move comes one year after McCaskill and then-Sen.-elect Toomey penned a joint USA Today op-ed supporting a temporary moratorium on earmarks. Toomey is a freshman senator and a former president of the conservative Club for Growth; McCaskill is facing a competitive re-election bid next year.
Until last year’s lame duck session, earmarks had long been a hallmark of the way Congress has done business. But following a midterm election marked by voter anger at federal spending and the country’s record debt, a renewed emphasis on fiscal restraint in Washington meant that lawmakers could no longer steer money toward their pet projects.