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Should earmarks/pork be permanently banned?

Should earmarks/pork be permanently banned?

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Banning earmarks/pork would do NOTHING to thwart unnecessary spending... unless the earmark/pork is questionable to begin with... which is the entire point of banning them. If an earmark is a valid one, it would be no less valid as a stand-alone bill.

Does a fire station in Montana really need to piggy-back on a hurricane disaster relief bill for Florida? No, it doesn't. Submit the Montana fire station as a separate bill and vote accordingly on its own merits.
 
misterman said:
Not sure what you mean. All measures are voted on and all votes are public.
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No sir that is incorrect...earmarks are snuck and tucked into various bills and they are never discussed on the senate floor or the house...the entire bill is voted on...not what they sneak inside it
 
lpast said:
No sir that is incorrect...earmarks are snuck and tucked into various bills and they are never discussed on the senate floor or the house...the entire bill is voted on...not what they sneak inside it
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They may be - though this is not always true - but all bills that they may be "tucked into" are public record, as are the votes on them. That's true for any legislation though, not just earmarks. That was my point.

Earmarks most definitely can be discussed on the floor. Go ask Sen. Coburn, for instance - he routinely brings them up and blasts them.
 
radcen said:
Banning earmarks/pork would do NOTHING to thwart unnecessary spending... unless the earmark/pork is questionable to begin with... which is the entire point of banning them. If an earmark is a valid one, it would be no less valid as a stand-alone bill.

Does a fire station in Montana really need to piggy-back on a hurricane disaster relief bill for Florida? No, it doesn't. Submit the Montana fire station as a separate bill and vote accordingly on its own merits.
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You're not talking about earmarks at all. You're just talking about non-germane legislation.
 
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