The Republican Party has agreed to join in on the Democrat’s corrupt practice of earmarks. This is not good for the long-term solvency of the nation.
Earmarks are the congressional pet projects and special interest programs stuffed into pork-barrel spending bills.
Pelosi’s House Democrats proposed up to $13 billion in earmarks on House appropriations bills, 10 per member, for a total of up to 4,350 earmarks for fiscal year 2022.
Congressional earmarks are back. The Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives will allow up to $13 billion in earmarks on House appropriations bills, 10 per member, for a total of up to 4,350 earmarks for fiscal year 2022.
House Republicans released a statement arguing that earmarks are a pathway to congressional corruption. One member of the caucus, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), argued that earmarks are “little more than legislative bribery.”
Below is an example of an earmark from 2010:
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Of course, there is really no way of paying off the debt incurred in recent weeks other than to print more money. But that’s fine, to US politicians, money grows on trees:
The House Republicans voted this week to join Democrats and allow earmarks along with the Democrats:
House Republicans narrowly voted Wednesday to allow their members to seek earmarks under certain conditions, making a clean break from a decade-long ban against seeking money for specific projects back home.
The 102-84 vote changes the party’s internal rules and allows Republicans to join the Democratic House majority as it puts in place a new process for earmarks in spending and transportation bills. Republicans were faced with a decision of whether to participate in earmarking, a practice they had railed against in the past, or potentially see their districts disadvantaged when it came to federal spending.
