What Happened To Earmark Reform?

The defense appropriations bill alone has over 1,700 of these things. Look, Republicans paid the price for these in 2006. But Democrats explicitley campaigned on ENDING earmarks and working to bring fiscal sanity back to Congress. They LIED. And what drives me crazy is that all the news and editorials blasting Republicans for this are silent while Democrats rule the roost. It just makes me so angry because Democrats promised to end this and they jus flat out lied and nobody is attempting to hold them accountable. And for shame on all the Republicans like Jerry Lewis and Bill Young for doing this.

Here are the double-digit requesters:

Member - Earmarks Requested

Young, C.W. Bill 59

Murtha, John 46

Lewis, Jerry 38

Moran, James 30

Visclosky, Peter 28

Kingston, Jack 26

Tiahrt, Todd 25

Dicks, Norman 24

Kaptur, Marcy 21

Cramer, Robert 20

Frelinghuysen, Rodney 20

Hobson, David 20

Boyd, Allen 19

Meehan, Martin 18

Bishop, Sanford 18

Pelosi, Nancy 15

Rothman, Steven 15

Price, David 13

Reynolds, Thomas 11

Wicker, Roger 11

Hoyer, Steny 11

Obey, David 10

Hunter, Duncan 10!!!

Olver, John 10

Capuano, Michael 10

Marshall, Jim 10

Comments

[CR UVa]

And Duncan Hunter is supposed to be the conservative candidate. Hunter is still my second choice (should Fred Thompson ever become an unrealistic choice), but this is not a good sign.

[brimur]

I say dump em all, especially Murtha and Young.

[George Templeton]

I agree with Brimur. I guess one thing that survived the change in the congress is the bipartisan approach to robbing the treasury. And it is disheartening to see Duncan Hunter on this list.