The swamp is far from drained, and with Democrats back in control of the House of Representatives, the practice most synonymous with it is poised to make a return after being barred from the chamber for the better part of the last decade.
Lowey told Roll Call that the "Appropriations Committee has a proud tradition of congressionally directed spending, and I hope that we can reach a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to restore this important practice."
"Congressionally directed spending"? What a delightfully-deceptive euphemism.
The two senior Democrats have an unlikely ally in their effort: President Donald Trump, who made his support of the practice clear in a 2018 White House meeting with Hoyer and other Democrats.
The bad news is that earmarks have backers in both parties, but Schatz took heart in the fact that "10 years ago, we didn't have as much social media" with which to fight back; "We didn't have as much interest in what members are doing as we do now."
Ultimately, whatever happens shouldn't be too much of a surprise; ever since Democrats won the House back we knew their desires would take all sorts of awful forms.
Here's hoping the rebels for fiscal sanity can prevent earmarks from coming back, but even that will be a small victory to tide us over until we address the source and drive Democrats back out of the people's House.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/democrats-push-bring-back-earmarks-undo-tea-party-reform
Lowey told Roll Call that the "Appropriations Committee has a proud tradition of congressionally directed spending, and I hope that we can reach a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to restore this important practice."
"Congressionally directed spending"? What a delightfully-deceptive euphemism.
The two senior Democrats have an unlikely ally in their effort: President Donald Trump, who made his support of the practice clear in a 2018 White House meeting with Hoyer and other Democrats.
The bad news is that earmarks have backers in both parties, but Schatz took heart in the fact that "10 years ago, we didn't have as much social media" with which to fight back; "We didn't have as much interest in what members are doing as we do now."
Ultimately, whatever happens shouldn't be too much of a surprise; ever since Democrats won the House back we knew their desires would take all sorts of awful forms.
Here's hoping the rebels for fiscal sanity can prevent earmarks from coming back, but even that will be a small victory to tide us over until we address the source and drive Democrats back out of the people's House.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/democrats-push-bring-back-earmarks-undo-tea-party-reform
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