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 RequestedYoung, 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
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.
Posted by: CR UVa | July 27, 2007 at 10:18 PM
I say dump em all, especially Murtha and Young.
Posted by: brimur | July 28, 2007 at 01:10 AM
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.
Posted by: George Templeton | July 28, 2007 at 01:27 AM