From: The Moderate Voice

January 24th, 2008 by Robert Stein

A generation gap is dividing GOP members of Congress over the classic conflict between doing good for the country and doing well for the voters who sent them there.

According to Washington insiders’ bible, The Hill, “earmarking funds back home is becoming the most divisive issue facing congressional Republicans.

“The fight largely pits junior conservatives–arguing that the failure of Republicans to aggressively fight earmarking is preventing the GOP from reclaiming the mantle of fiscal responsibility–against party veterans, who say that it is their prerogative to choose funding priorities…”

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Alaska’s Ted (Bridge-to-Nowhere) Stevens, who is trying to remove him as chairman of the conservative Steering Committee, are the leading antagonists…

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