Senate Republicans are expected to join their House colleagues in banning the time-honored practice of earmarking in a behind-closed-doors meeting later today. Much has been made in recent days of the proposed moratorium on porking up a Congressional spending bill with federally-funded goodies for your home state or district (or seeing to it that your constituents get their fair piece of the government money pie, depending on your point of view). The president wants earmarks gone. The tea party — led by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) — wants earmarks gone. And now, the Republicans want them gone, too.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=118128