From Roll Call,
The White House may link a possible executive order eliminating thousands of earmarks with a call for reprogramming the funding, perhaps through a direct rebate to taxpayers or by putting the savings into children’s health care or bridge repair programs, according to House and Senate Republicans close to the issue.
Today President Bush vetoed a $606 Billion dollar funding bill because it contained too many earmarks and pork barrel spending. The Bill restored the $3.6 Billion in discretionary spending that was cut in the proposed budget and then the Congressional Leadership added another $6.2 Billion to put it over the top. It is about time that someone showed some level of fiscal responsibility. Government is growing out of control and congressional earmarking has gotten out of hand. For a President who refused to challenge Congressional Spending early in his Presidency we can only hope that he will stick to his guns and force Congress to be responsible stewards of the people's money.
Sphere: Related ContentJohn McCain is running a new ad in New Hampshire that directly attacks Hillary Clinton's earmark for the Woodstock Museum. He also references the wasteful spending of the current Washington establishment. This is a good ad for John McCain as it identifies with an issue he has long been known for. John McCain has always been against the current earmark wasteful spending that is becoming the standard operation of the United States Congress. It also never hurts to take a Hilary shot especially over something as silly as one million dollars for a Woodstock Museum.
This video shows how flawed the current thinking on SCHIP is.
