House Republicans Declare War on Secret Earmarks & Wasteful Spending

Townhall.com ^ | June 11, 2007 | John Boehner

[jazusamo]

Last fall, Democratic leaders repeatedly promised to lead Congress in a more “open” and “honest” fashion. Now they’re not only breaking those promises, they’re actively moving in the opposite direction.

It seems a lot of people actually believed Pelosi, Murtha and other dem leaders before the election. Where's the outrage now?

[samtheman]

Are they trying to divert attention so they can cave on border security?

(Just worrying.)

[bmwcyle]

Hello, you guys are not in power.

[griswold3]

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Funding_Accountability_and_Transparency_Act

What ever happened to this?

[jazusamo]

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[WhiteGuy]

House Republicans Declare War on Secret Earmarks & Wasteful Spending..........

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

If the republicans would have done this a few years ago they would still be in charge.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Where’s the outrage now?

The outrage is where our “unbiased adversarial free press” puts it.

When Democrats do pork and hide it, it’s buried on page 47D.

When Republicans do pork, it’s on 1A.

It should ALWAYS be on 1A.

[YellowRoseofTx]

House Republicans Declare War on Secret Earmarks & Wasteful Spending

It's about freakin time!

[Corporate Law]

"Murtha was caught by C-SPAN’s cameras threatening House Republicans who tried to object."

When is someone going to grow a pair and put it right back to this crook?

[Oldhunk]

This is a guy that helped take earmarks to a new level now suddenly gets religion when he is out of power.

[mysterio]

Funny how the Republicans weren’t so concerned about this for the entire decade they ran the House.

[LIConFem]

They never were. Not really, anyway.

[Asclepius]

Last fall, Democratic leaders repeatedly promised to lead Congress in a more “open” and “honest” fashion. Now they’re not only breaking those promises, they’re actively moving in the opposite direction.

Yeah. OK. But why didn't the Republicans pursue these reforms during their 10 year rule?

[edcoil]

“House Republicans Declare War on Secret Earmarks & Wasteful Spending”

Let us know if anyone actually shows up for battle. Without there own earmark.

[Jonathon Spectre]

Wow, too bad you didn’t declare war on spending SEVEN YEARS AGO, back before the words “corruption,” “waste,” and “Republican” became synonomous.

[MplsSteve]

My thoughts exactly.

[arderkrag]

Republicans are declaring war on secret earmarks and wasteful spending

About time. Should've done that back in, oh... 2000.

[jazusamo]

If the republicans would have done this a few years ago they would still be in charge.

Exactly!

[wastedyears]

***So how do we fix this?***

Riot Act

[tgusa]

Many of these guys would show up for a battle of wits - totally unarmed.