Congress has the authority to "earmark" (designate) funds in a spending bill for a specific project. A common and widely abused practice is to approach the chairman of a committee after the committee has approved a bill, asking that the committee report earmark some of that appropriation for a specific project. The process is in need of a serious overhaul, and on this issue I am old-school conservative.
Click below for more... I propose the following rules for earmarks, to make the process transparent and accountable to the people:
It is still possible to have earmarks, but you have to put them in the plain light of day. If you want $230 million for a bridge to serve 50 people, it will have to pass the committee first.
Technorati tags: Earmarks, Congress, Reform, Appropriations, Politics
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Earmark reform
Posted by Lincoln Madison at 12:57 PM
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