Sen. Cornyn on RedState

March 31, 2008

Senator Cornyn has a post up on RedState entitiled "Everyone Loses in the Earmark Game."

Here's an excerpt:

The public's skepticism about earmarking is well documented. The Congress didn't employ an organized earmark process until the 1980s. By 1994, earmarking was so out of hand that Republicans included an earmark cutback in the Contract with America. But after a brief period of fasting, Republicans began opening the gates again, and public confidence in their Congress resumed its current downward trend.

Since taking over in 2006, Democrats have shown no appetite for forgoing pork. In fact, we heard last week that the computer system in a House committee was so overloaded with earmark requests from various Members that it broke down under the strain. We clearly have not learned our lessons.

Read the rest here.

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