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Lawmakers' taste for pork returns to Capitol Hill

hypocritexposer

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Monday, February 23, 2009
Lawmakers' taste for pork returns to Capitol Hill
Stephen Dinan (Contact)

Pork is back on the menu and the appetite is growing on Capitol Hill, where the number of lawmakers voluntarily swearing off earmarks for pet projects has fallen by nearly half compared with last year.

Just 17 of the 41 House members who promised not to request earmarks last year have made the same pledge this year, according to a survey of all congressional offices by the fiscal conservative action group Club for Growth. The holdouts include some top Republican leaders and all five House Democrats who had forsworn earmarks last year.

Just as telling, only six new lawmakers out of 63 that took office this year have said they will forgo earmarks, despite many of those freshmen having run on promises of restoring fiscal responsibility.

Despite expressing disgust for earmarks and pledging not to request them last year, Rep. Jackie Speier, California Democrat, is going her own direction this year.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/23/lawmakers-taste-for-pork-returns-to-capitol-hill/print/
 
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