rssSenate GOP pledges to forgo earmarks, for the most part
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 6:35 pm
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It’s official: Senate Republicans voted this afternoon to pass a moratorium on earmark requests among their members for the next two years. In addition, Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) are making a bipartisan push for a floor vote tomorrow on statutory language that would apply to the entire Senate.
Although the Republican Conference voted to adopt the moratorium, it’s important to remember that — currently, at least — it’s a nonbinding resolution.
“I’m going to look out for my state of Oklahoma,” Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told Poltico today, in apparent defiance of the upcoming decision. “Obviously, that’s what the Constitution says I’m going to do, and I’m going to do it. Let’s keep in mind this is over. I’ll be the last conservative standing.”
Whether Inhofe’s small act of civil disobedience — or Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C) hedging — prevents Republicans from claiming the moral high ground on the issue remains to be seen.
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Comment posted November 17, 2010 @ 4:29 am
I swear that I am finally totally disgusted with US politics. I hope that it is not like this around the world. There is such a total lack of honesty, service orientation, wisdom, humanity and just plan old decency in the current political system or should I say the current politicians that it really makes one despair for the future of this country. It just seems that if there are good people, good leaders out there they definitely have not become politicians.
Comment posted November 17, 2010 @ 5:13 am
From Wikipedia:
In United States politics, an earmark is a legislative (especially congressional) provision that directs approved funds to be spent on specific projects, or that directs specific exemptions from taxes or mandated fees.
More from Wikipedia:
In the United States legislative appropriations process, Congress is required, by the limits specified under Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution, to pass legislation directing all appropriations of money drawn from the U.S. Treasury. This provides Congress with the power to earmark funds it appropriates to be spent on specific named projects. The earmarking process has become a regular part of the process of allocating funds within the Federal government.
Seems as tho earmarks are ok and within the powers given to congress by the Constitution. Yes? No?
And they may have been a part of the Congressional budgeting process since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788.
So what’s the problem?
They can be abused.
Duh!
Building bridges to nowhere has been an example of abuse.
However, providing billions of dollars to Israel is also done with earmarks. But that’s good.
I don’t think the TeaBaggers actually understand earmarking and its legal basis as defined by the U.S. Constitution. And what function it provides to help get regional, state specific projects funded.
It just becomes another thing for people to be stupid about. Sorry about the candor of my observation but it is ignorant to not have a factual understanding of things you make such strong cases against.
This kind of ignorance and stupidity appears to be most rampant amongst the TeaBaggers at least as far as I can tell.
Although, until I did some research via google myself I didn’t know either. But I had the sense to get the facts.
Apologies to anyone who may take offense at my observation.
Comment posted November 17, 2010 @ 5:19 am
You get what you vote for.
I sometimes think that what happens in Washington is a reflection of the voters that put those congress men and women into office.
But then I think it’s more likely the power of large corporate interests that the U.S. Congress represents. And perhaps less and less what the American citizenry are voting into office.
I also think that we as a nation are becoming less well informed and sometimes unwilling and/or unable to take the time to sort through the deluge “news” via 24/7 cable news.
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