House lawmakers call for earmark restrictions
House Democrats announced yesterday they would ban all earmarks to for-profit companies. The Republicans are set to raise the stakes: Roll Call reports the GOP plans to call for a total earmark ban tomorrow.
No matter what the parties do in the House of Representatives, however, critics say it won't be enough. The Senate is unlikely to make any similar move, and even the announced House earmark restrictions might not survive, considering lawmakers especially like to steer money toward their home districts in an election year.
The battle over which party would take a strong stand against earmarks began Wednesday when Democrats said all earmark requests benefiting for-profit companies would be rejected, and proposed that the House appropriations committee audit at least 5 percent of earmarks going to non-profits.
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