It takes some hard knocks to the heads of Republicans to “get” it that they need to stop spending and stop with the earmarks! House Republicans have a new website for Earmark Reform……

Earmark Reform – Stop the Earmarks. Fix Washington.

The spending habits of Congress – and pork-barrel earmarks, in particular – have become the clearest symbol of a broken Washington. With that in mind, House Republicans asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats to join them in supporting an immediate moratorium on all earmarks while a bipartisan select committee identifies ways to bring fundamental change to the way in which Washington spends taxpayers’money. The Majority’s response: no thanks.

In spite of the Democrats’ refusal to change the way Washington spends taxpayer dollars, House Republicans have committed themselves to a series of standards that will be the basis of their comprehensive earmark reform efforts. This website is dedicated to those standards and what House Republicans are doing to fix Washington by stopping earmarks.

Now the Senate Republicans need to get on board the Earmark Reform Express. For any Representative or Senator running for office this year you should be asking if they have pledged for Earmark Reform. This isn’t just for Republicans, it’s for any legislator.

Go here to check the latest list of lawmakers supporting the Kingston-Wolf-Wamp earmark reform measure.

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