..this reform, if we can call it that, is a paper tiger designed to create the appearance that our lawmakers are serious about clamping down on earmarks.
The bill only applies to spending bills coming out of the House Appropriations Committee ---- excluding the rest of the House and the complete Senate ---- and it expires at the end of this year.
To: NormsRevenge
Earmark reform less than meets the eye
And, this is a surprise to whom???
2 posted on
09/21/2006 9:43:35 AM PDT by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: NormsRevenge
One step at a time.
Fabian Conservatism.
3 posted on
09/21/2006 10:14:46 AM PDT by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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