All Posts Tagged With: "earmarks"
Where Have All the Republicans Gone?
By Gary Andres
Consider these headlines from recent polling reports. About a year ago (May, 2007), Rasmussen Reports found that “The number of people identifying themselves as Republican has fallen to a new low.” Around the same time, the Pew Research Center issued a study headlined, “Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007 — Political [...]
Reid - Founding Fathers Created America for
PORK
Hot Air
by Ed Morrissey
If Harry Reid didn’t exist, Republicans would have to invent him. His latest hilarity comes in response to the effort by DeMint to win a one-year moratorium on earkmarking. Reid objected this evening, claiming that the Founding Fathers would weep at the loss of the mechanism that allows legislators to sell [...]
Republicans Backtracking on Earmark Reform
House Republicans pick pork-loving Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.)
Townhall
By Robert Bluey
Just when it appeared House Republicans had turned the corner on earmark reform, party leaders did the unthinkable. They picked pork-loving Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) for the vacant seat on the Appropriations Committee, bypassing conservatives such as Reps. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.). In [...]
McCain Hits Obama Hard On Earmarks
Say’s Obama publicity release lacks specifics
Fox News Embeds
by Mosheh Oinounou
Calling on Sen. Barack Obama to live up to his call for more transparency in government, Sen. John McCain chided the Illinois Senator for failing to release some of his personal earmark requests.
While Obama has publicly released his 2007 earmark requests to the Senate Appropriations Committee, [...]
Dem Leaders Shower Pork On Freshmen
Democratic leaders have sent tens of millions of dollars to freshman lawmakers’ districts
The Hill
By Alexander Bolton
Rep. Phil Hare (D), a freshman from western Illinois. He received $92.2 million worth of earmarks, almost the same amount as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), according to the TCS analysis. The group compiled a database of every earmark passed [...]
Stevens - DeMint dust-up highlights GOP divisions over “EarMarks”
View from “The Hill”
Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) clashed late last year during a closed-door luncheon as they debated whether Republicans should take a strong stand against earmarking.
DeMint, the leader of the conservative Steering Committee, called for a renewed emphasis to rein in pet projects, angering Stevens, the notorious earmarker and senior [...]
