[OldFriend]

This is the final bill. It's out of the Senate?

AMAZING

[RobFromGa]

Link to the House bill H.R.1000 is below. Senator Coburn already got it passed in the Senate. It is going to the President for approval NOW.

KEY VOTE ALERT
"YES" ON EARMARK REFORM (H.RES. 1000)

Wasteful spending in Washington has spiraled out of control over the last several years. Just in appropriations bills, money spent on pork projects has gone from "only" 4,326 earmarks worth $17.7 billion in 2000 to 13,997 projects worth $27.3 billion in 2005, according to Citizens Against Government Waste. And that doesn't include authorization bills like the 2005 Highway Bill, which included over 6,000 earmarks totaling a whopping $24 billion.

While the earmark reform resolution isn't a perfect solution to the egregious spending problem, it is a solid first step at shedding some light on the earmarking process, which is without oversight and accountability and is an enabling "currency of corruption" in Washington.

[redstates4ever]

Done and done. :)