Should Congress place a moratorium on earmarks?

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6/16/2008 2:29:17 PM

Set as news: False

6/13/2008 9:46:59 AM

Set as news: True

3/28/2008 3:28:49 PM

<p>Agreed. Approving.</p>

3/27/2008 10:28:18 AM

From the article, it looks like there was some politics and grandstanding going on. But I think that the senators ought to be held to their votes, up or down on the issue, even if they were objecting to some shenanigans.

3/27/2008 10:25:53 AM

There was a vote on this in the Senate, so there is plenty of evidence on both sides. Let's go.

Posted on Fri, Mar. 14, 2008

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint’s bid to end all appropriations “earmarks” for a year failed 71-29 in the U.S. Senate late Thursday.

3/26/2008 4:25:12 PM

if this relates directly to the legislation (and worded as such), then approve it.

3/26/2008 4:24:15 PM

Looks good.

3/17/2008 6:10:38 PM

CNN:

Why did you oppose a freeze on those so-called earmarks?

FEINSTEIN: Well, for two reasons. The first is, we have put some reforms in place with respect to transparency, with respect to preventing earmarks from being added outside of the committee bill and the committee report in the dark of night, matters of transparency, additional points of order that would rest against the bill. This would be the first budget in which those things would have an opportunity to function.

3/11/2008 12:50:59 PM

Sure, seems like we'd find a nice amount of evidence on this one.

3/10/2008 5:19:16 PM

Roll Call:

 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will not back a moratorium on Congressional earmarks despite growing interest among House and Senate Republicans — as well as the House Democratic leadership — in a one-year freeze on the practice, aides said last week.