Thursday, March 11, 2010

Helping The Republic

Good for the GOP! Wow, I don't get to write those words often, but any efforts to ban earmarks should be encouraged so eventually the government might return to something approaching sanity in its budgetary efforts.

House GOP imposes sweeping earmark ban - On Politics: Covering the US Congress, Governors, and the 2010 Election - USATODAY.com: "House Republicans today agreed to a sweeping moratorium on all funding requests for pet projects, known as earmarks.

The move, approved in a closed-door meeting, is an escalation of efforts by Democrats and Republicans to claim the higher ground on ethics in advance of November's midterm congressional elections.."

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