[John D]

It is my understanding that he puts in earmarks for his district, then opposes the bill in the hope that the bill will be defeated.

He may vote against that particular bill, but he pays the dimwits who agree to vote for his earmarks back by voting for other bills they want.

[SharpRightTurn]

“He may vote against that particular bill, but he pays the dimwits who agree to vote for his earmarks back by voting for other bills they want.”

The problem is, there are a lot more dimwits that refuse to end earmarks altogether than dimwits that put them in the omnibus bill and then vote against the omnibus bill. If you can turn those numbers around you’ll be “accomplishing” something.