Posted on 11/15/2016 10:31:20 AM PST by bobk3
One week after Donald Trump won the presidency on a promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington, House Republicans will vote on a proposal to bring back earmarks.
The vote will take place Wednesday when House Republicans meet to adopt their rules for the next Congress. The House earmark ban dates to 2010 when the GOP won control of the chamber.
Now, a trio of Republican lawmakers wants to return to the practice of earmarking, which became synonymous with government waste and pork-barrel spending during the GOP-controlled Congress of the early 2000s.
Reps. John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama, and Tom Rooney of Florida are listed as sponsors of the amendment, a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Signal.
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I wonder how the administration will stop the pigs from feeding at the trough. Or will they dole out the bribes in order to keep Congress in line for everything else. I hope not.
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This would be an enormous mistake.
Don’t.even.THINK.about.it...............!
Which a$$hole proposed this?
[Reps. John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama, and Tom Rooney of Florida]
Are these three #NeverTrumpers?
What exactly are earmarks?
dump Ryan
Noooooo......
The good thing is a lot of contracts will be let in the Red states, while the other areas crumble.
Everyone needs to take a deep breath when stories like this come out. There are a million stories that are trying to advance the argument that the Republicans are going to stab voters in the back, or that Trump is backing away from his promises, or that the Trump coalition is at war with itself or other Republicans. Trump was elected a week ago. We have no idea what he and the Republican Congress are planning yet. I suspect that his first 100 days will see a burst of legislation that every conservative and Trump supporter will be on board with. Let’s see if the GOP actually does bring back earmarks. Until we see it, its just more rumors and gossip.
I, for one, want to enjoy this victory for a while. I don’t want to immediately go back into “they are stabbing me in the back” mode.
can’t fix stupid.
Earmarks have gotten a bad rap. Actually, they keep control of expenditures in Congress, where the Constitution places it. Getting rid of earmarks cedes control to the executive.
These Congress critters are indebted to their super packed donors... They use US via legislation to pay off their campaign debts.
Trump tries to Drain the Swamp and the Republican House Members Build a Dam.
Have three congressman suffered aneurysms simultaneously? How the hell could they be discussing reviving one of the most hated, corrupt practices a week after Donald Trump was elected with a mandate to smash that kind of corruption?!
I agree. Earmarks are just buy offs for particular votes and pet projects. They serve no nationwide purpose, IMO, unless it can be clearly and fully documented to serve the best interests of this country by agents of the DoD or services who have full, documented unfunded critical needs that aren’t being met.
Mike Rogers from Alabama was originally for Jeb
The answer is H E double hockey sticks NO.
And they now need to be term limited, all of them.
“Night Of The Living Pork - The Sequel”.
Respectfully disagree. While in theory, earmarks might accomplish carefully targeted spending, they became little more than a mainstay of pork barrel politics in practice.
Candidly, the benefit of keeping spending controls in Congress may currently be outweighed by the advantage of having Trump exercise the kind of cost control he has so successfully employed in business. Congress is incapable.
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