Thread: Tea Party Win - GOP AGREES TO BAN PORK BARREL EARMARKS

The Hill
J. Taylor Rushing

GOP Senate leader McConnell backs down, agrees to earmark ban

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) announced Monday that he would join a GOP effort to ban congressional earmarks, a stunning turnaround that reflects a huge victory for the Tea Party movement.

A senior member of the Appropriations Committee, McConnell has been one of the Senate’s strongest proponents of local pork, but watched the practice fall into disfavor amid growing public anger over Washington spending that fueled GOP victories in this month’s midterm election.

“There is simply no doubt that the abuse of this practice has caused Americans to view it as a symbol of the waste and out-of-control spending that every Republican in Washington is determined to fight,â€

That's good! Way to go Tea Party, Republicans and Obama, but I sure hope that statement about earmarks for 501 C 3's isn't true and that if they're ending earmarks, then ending earmarks for these phony 501 C 3's needs to be top of the ban list, not exempted or excluded from the ban.

IMO, the states need to provide the funding for their own special projects. This is a step in restoring state sovereignty, states rights and a re-balancing of power.

Originally Posted by Judy

That's good! Way to go Tea Party, Republicans and Obama, but I sure hope that statement about earmarks for 501 C 3's isn't true and that if they're ending earmarks, then ending them for these phony 501 C 3's needs to be top of the ban list, not an exemption.

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EARMARKS are nothing more than REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH by the wealthy and for the wealthy.

That and LOBBYISTS and FOREIGN LOBBYISTS are the three greatest rackets going in the congress and senate.

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Originally Posted by Judy

That's good! Way to go Tea Party, Republicans and Obama, but I sure hope that statement about earmarks for 501 C 3's isn't true and that if they're ending earmarks, then ending them for these phony 501 C 3's needs to be top of the ban list, not an exemption.

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EARMARKS are nothing more than REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH by the wealthy and for the wealthy.

That and LOBBYISTS and FOREIGN LOBBYISTS are the three greatest rackets going in the congress and senate.

True that HAPPY2BME.

The next ban needs to be on lobbyists

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

IMO, the states need to provide the funding for their own special projects. This is a step in restoring state sovereignty, states rights and a re-balancing of power.

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I agree, but the government is so HUGE and POWERFUL it has become beyond control.

Foreign nation's interests are controlling much of our government through foreign LOBBYING.

Think about HOW MUCH MONEY we throw away every single day with NOT ONE PENNY of it benefiting a single American?

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

The next ban needs to be on lobbyists

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BINGO!

Will we hold our breath for the GOP to ban lobbyists?