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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The GOPE is not anything if predictable. They won because of Trump and people held their noses and voted for these turds even though they have done nothing to warrant any support from the base.
They are the most out of touch bunch of buffoons I have ever witnessed aside from the American Drive-by media.
And what does the great Paul Ryan say about this?
Don’t do it.......it is the surest indicator of politician “untrustworthiness”
KYPD
It’s normally a “pay to play” scheme. You make a campaign contribution, and the congress critter makes sure your project gets funded. In other words, a specific project is “earmarked” for funding in the budget.
Works for small projects in the 10s of thousands of dollars up to the big, multi-billion expenditures.
It leads to all sorts of federal spending on things that otherwise would never get funded. It is highly corrupt.
“What exactly are earmarks?”
They are a directive from politicians on exactly how, where and with whom to spend money. They enabled Pork Barrel politics.
From the article:
Prior to their ban in 2010, lawmakers used earmarks to direct government agencies how to spend money. The practice led to some noteworthy abuses such as the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” in Alaska. Earmarks even played a role in former GOP Rep. Duke Cunningham’s bribery case. Cunningham, who spent time in prison, used earmarks in exchange for lobbyists’ gifts.
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Is the snarkiness really necessary? She's just asking a question. If you don't feel like answering then don't.
A lot of people come to FR for info and you should be honored to think she believes she will get an honest, true answer from us.
Thanks for your ever-so-kind response. Helped a little, but I was mostly looking for the FReeper input...it cuts to the chase. I’ll let someone else help me.
Tagging-on a special interest expenditure in an otherwise non-germaine bill. E.g. spending $150,000 to fund a Cowboy Poetry event in Elko, Nevada; $2 million for a freeway off ramp construction that favors a constituent’s/donor’s business.
These GOP hacks still don’t get it.
Thank you Shethink....that’s exactly why I ask questions on FR. You guys have educated me so much in the last 15 years....well, you can’t even imagine.
Thanks bobk and Protect....I figured there was more to it than a definition.
garyb....see? Nice people. Give it a try.
Thanks. Appreciate your response. So it’s basically specified pork.
He’s never had a bill pass - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/john_culberson/400089/report-card/2015
“Culberson is helping President Obama on immigration...
Culberson, “has funded Obama’s executive amnesty and the remembrance project was part of a lawsuit, we joined that lawsuit, that Texas filed, along with 25 states against Obama to stop his executive actions.”
She also discussed the $1 trillion omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed, which included funding sanctuary cities. She argued that this is proof Culberson isn’t representing the interests of those in their district because he gave Obama “everything he wanted and more.”http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/21/maria-espinoza-rep-culberson-no-longer-represents-conservative-values/
Mike Rogers is a Statist. Dragnet surveillance is just the new normal we have to live with, having everybody in every data base keeps us safe, big government is your protector, the bigger the better. Dunno if he is a NeverTrumper.
DRAIN THE SWAMP
Trump won’t always be President. the Dems are about to find out the price of ceding too much power to the executive.
One would wonder JR! It's beginning to come into focus that the GOPE/RINO Wing of the Repubican Party is still intent upon trying to bring down President Trump. Trump needs to make sure that he outs any spending that's put into the hopper by this mechanism. And people need to understand who the “GOPe Bad Guys" are from the getgo so in two years they can be “forcibly retired!”
the same Mike Rogers who just stepped down from helping Trump?
No wonder because he wants to push pork
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