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Republican Reps. John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Tom Rooney of Florida filed the amendment, which will be voted on through a secret ballot during the GOP leadership elections.
No surprise, these next four years we will see major cut backs to programs that many Americans need. We will probably see Medicare come to an end and given over to private insurance companies. We will also probably see a new wave of pork spending that is meant to benefit the wealthiest people in the country and give kickbacks to corporations at the expense of the taxpayer.
My main concern with this, will the people who voted the Republicans into power realize this or will they simply blame the Democrats for the things the Republicans do?
No surprise, these next four years we will see major cut backs to programs that many Americans need. We will probably see Medicare come to an end and given over to private insurance companies. We will also probably see a new wave of pork spending that is meant to benefit the wealthiest people in the country and give kickbacks to corporations at the expense of the taxpayer.
My main concern with this, will the people who voted the Republicans into power realize this or will they simply blame the Democrats for the things the Republicans do?
What happen to the "keep your government hands off my medicare" guy? I'm sure he's out protesting Ryan.
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't trust anything Mitch McConnell has to say, I can see him pushing through a bill like this very quietly and then shrugging after it gets passed. Of course this is all just speculation, we will just have to wait and see what the first year has in store for us.
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't trust anything Mitch McConnell has to say, I can see him pushing through a bill like this very quietly and then shrugging after it gets passed. Of course this is all just speculation, we will just have to wait and see what the first year has in store for us.
It won't happen because earmarks no matter how loved inside the Beltway were seen for what they were; political pork barrel spending. Unless that feeling changes within the Republican base as a whole don't look for many members of Congress to get on this train.
Mind you earmarks did serve some purpose. Doling out funds to this or that district is what often helped get things through Congress and into law. LBJ used such tactics to get civil rights legislation passed. Famous and powerful Whips and Speakers of the House also used earmarks extensively to get things done. In fact they do say one of the reasons for the gridlock seen in the House today is that members cannot (or will not) take any position that will get them into trouble with their district. In the past such hard votes could be papered over with funds for a new airport, school, road, government building....
It won't happen because earmarks no matter how loved inside the Beltway were seen for what they were; political pork barrel spending. Unless that feeling changes within the Republican base as a whole don't look for many members of Congress to get on this train.
Mind you earmarks did serve some purpose. Doling out funds to this or that district is what often helped get things through Congress and into law. LBJ used such tactics to get civil rights legislation passed. Famous and powerful Whips and Speakers of the House also used earmarks extensively to get things done. In fact they do say one of the reasons for the gridlock seen in the House today is that members cannot (or will not) take any position that will get them into trouble with their district. In the past such hard votes could be papered over with funds for a new airport, school, road, government building....
I guess we will just have to wait and see, I on the other hand, don't have as much faith in a Republican Congress and president as you seem to do. I also, wouldn't be surprised if earmarks came back if Congress and the president was controlled by Democrats either. Congress likes to spend money regardless of which party they are in.
The gridlock that we have seen in Congress was due to the fact that we had a Republican Congress and a Democrat president. Now that that has changed, I am expecting the floodgates of bills to open up, with plenty of pork attached to each one.
Donald wants to build a wall, while the Congressmen in a random red state wants a bunch of money for pet projects. Those earmarks are coming back, and they are gonna come back in a big way.
I guess we will just have to wait and see, I on the other hand, don't have as much faith in a Republican Congress and president as you seem to do. I also, wouldn't be surprised if earmarks came back if Congress and the president was controlled by Democrats either. Congress likes to spend money regardless of which party they are in.
The gridlock that we have seen in Congress was due to the fact that we had a Republican Congress and a Democrat president. Now that that has changed, I am expecting the floodgates of bills to open up, with plenty of pork attached to each one.
Donald wants to build a wall, while the Congressmen in a random red state wants a bunch of money for pet projects. Those earmarks are coming back, and they are gonna come back in a big way.
Earmarks are (or were) universally used and loved by both sides of the House aisle; thus if there was any real love for bringing the thing back it would have happened long time ago.
Even *if* the House did succeed in lifting its own ban on earmarks the Senate remains under a self imposed same (to ward off it happing via legislation I shouldn't wonder). Thus anything that came out of the House filled with earmarks could be stripped out by the Senate and or via a forced reconciliation process.
Seeing how His Orangeness and the Republicans ran on a platform of reducing government spending, don't see how returning earmarks can be see as anything but backsliding.
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