Stop the Earmarks. Fix Washington.
The spending habits of Congress – and pork-barrel earmarks, in particular – have become the clearest symbol of a broken Washington. With that in mind, House Republicans asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats to join them in supporting an immediate moratorium on all earmarks while a bipartisan select committee identifies ways to bring fundamental change to the way in which Washington spends taxpayers’money. The Majority’s response: no thanks.
In spite of the Democrats’ refusal to change the way Washington
spends taxpayer dollars, House Republicans have committed themselves to a series
of standards that will be the basis of their comprehensive earmark reform
efforts. This website is dedicated to those standards and what House
Republicans are doing to fix Washington by stopping earmarks.
UPDATES:
2/12/08 - Heritage Foundation: A Good Day for the Merry Earmark Warriors
2/12/08 - Politico: Waxman Won't Request Earmarks This Year
2/12/08 - Sunlight Foundation: Congress Still Trying to Get Earmark Reform Right
2/8/08 - Atlanta Journal Constitution: House Fails to Put Quick End to Earmarks
2/8/08 - Washington Times: House Democrats Refuse To Ban Pork
What others are saying:
"Democrats are on the wrong side of an issue they once so passionately
championed"
- San Francisco Chronicle
Editorial, 2/1/08
“Abuse of the earmark has undercut
respect for Congress. Members would be better off without the public cynicism
they have, by this habit, earned,”
-Charleston Daily
News Editorial, 1/31/08
