If RIF, ROR and 11 Others are as fabulous as the author of this puff piece purports, then Congress would immediately pass stand-alone legislation.
Earmarks exist because the project does not have majority support.
Go Coburn. Kill Earmarks.
Exactly. Earmark defenders always point to the wonderful military devices developed with earmarks. Trust me, if the military needs something, they’ll find a way to fund it, and I would support that.
The fact is 99% of earmarks are pure, unadulterated pork, nothing else...