It’s only a one year moratorium, but it’s a start. Earmarks aren’t a big deal in the larger scale of budget issues, and many of them may even be good investments in the national interest. But while the GOP would like to think that they are seizing this issue to their advantage I would point out that it was under GOP control that earmarks exploded out of reason, and now, under Democratic leadership, it is being contained.
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