Oh, my. Who could ever have thought that Republican members of Congress would turn out to be hypocrites about earmarks? At the beginning of the 112th Congress, a wave of Republicans swept into control of the U.S. House of Representatives, pledging fiscal restraint. One of the first policy changes instituted by the new Republican majority was to institute a moratorium […]

With the self-imposed GOP earmark ban, those grand old party stalwarts have simply got to find new ways to bring money back to their districts. So getchyerselfs ready for LETTERMARKS and PHONEMARKS! Though [Rep.] Kirk and other Republicans thundered against pork-barrel spending and lawmakers’ practice of designating money for special projects through earmarks, they have not shied from using a […]