House GOP moves toward moratorium on earmarks
The Dallas Morning News
March 10, 2010
Dallas Rep. Jeb Hensarling and others have proposed that the House GOP adopt an immediate, unilateral moratorium on earmarks. House Republicans will meet Thursday to discuss the idea, and it look like the fix is in. Minority Leader John Boehner. Boehner and the rest of the House GOP leadership, including Texans Pete Sessions of Dallas and John Carter of Round Rock, just issued a statement supporting the idea:
"For millions of Americans, the earmark process in Congress has become a symbol of a broken Washington. We believe the time has come for House Republicans to adopt an immediate, unilateral moratorium on all earmarks, including tax and tariff-related earmarks.... When Republicans take back the House, we will rein in out-of-control federal spending and bring fundamental change to the process by which Congress spends American taxpayers' money."
