Tag: earmarks
Lack of Earmarks Makes Congress Harder to Lead
Scott Frisch and I have an Op-Ed in Roll Call today focusing on the impact of the earmark ban on the ability of Congress to do its work. As of right now it is among the “most emailed” stor... Read More
Roll Out the Barrel (We’ll Have a Barrel of Funds)
More than a few commentators have weighed in recently suggesting that perhaps it is time to consider bringing back earmarks. Considering the legislative constipation that is gripping Congress it could... Read More
Earmarks Emerging from the Shadows
By almost any measure the 112th Congress was the least productive in several generations, perhaps in the history of the institution. According to a recent poll public approval of Congress is only 9%. ... Read More
The Cupid’s Arrow Earmark that Pierced Paul Ryan’s Heart
This morning the Huffington Post is reporting that Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan passed only two bills in his years in the House of Representatives. …in December 2008, with legi... Read More
Things are heating up in the Cheese Factory
In his review for the Spring 2012 issue of the political science journal Congress and the Presidency (39:2, 219-221) Bruce Oppenheimer (Vanderbilt University), one of the giants of congressional studi... Read More
Show Us the Money
Critics of earmarks frequently point to the presumed quid pro quo between earmarks and campaign contributions. They argue that members of Congress pursue earmarks in order to rake in campaign contribu... Read More
In the ‘Battle of the Ricks’ Earmarks Return as a Campaign Issue
A Rick Perry sponsored ad airing in Iowa attacks Rick Santorum for his record on appropriations earmarks. This conincides with an apparent Santorum surge in Iowa. Perry highlights Santorum’s vot... Read More
That’s an Earmark?!
In an desperate attempt to remain relevant in a world without earmarks Citizens Against Government Waste is releasing reports of “earmarks” in appropriations bills for FY 2012. When the Re... Read More
