This should be interesting.
“Sen. DeMint, joined by Senators Chambliss, Coburn, Cornyn, and Enzi, has written a letter to the Senate leadership announcing his intention to seek unanimous consent on April 17 to enact S.Res.123, the Senate earmark disclosure rule. As Mark Tapscott has reported, DeMint previously did so on March 29, before the Easter recess, but was rebuffed by the Dems, with the ethically-challenged Sen. Menendez voicing the objection.
The legislation is bottled up in a House-Senate conference. DeMint proposes that the Senate simply go ahead and unilaterally apply the earmark disclosure rule to its own work. He points to recent developments that call into question the commitment to “shine light on the congressional favor factory.” For example, the Fiscal year 2008 earmark solicitation form circulated by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development did not require the disclosure of the name or address of the intended earmark recipient, and did not require certification that the requesting Senator has no financial interest in the earmark. The earmark solicitation forms circulated by the Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior and Agriculture were similarly defective.”
Link: http://powerlineblog.com/archives/017320.php
That will be interesting to see.
Sen. DeMint is going to be a major thorn in Reid’s side.. I like him more every day.