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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (26542)3/11/2008 3:32:12 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (2) of 71588
 
Earmark Showdown
March 11, 2008; Page A20
In the earmark wars, this week will see something of a showdown on the Senate floor. Republican Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Democrat Claire McCaskill of Missouri plan to offer an amendment to require that any earmarked spending project for 2009 get a two-thirds vote to go forward.


John McCain thinks the vote is important enough that he's returning from the campaign trail to vote for the measure. "I absolutely support the amendment to abolish [earmarks] altogether," he says, building on his campaign pledge to veto any bill with earmarks if he becomes President.

In a sign of where the politics is moving on earmarks, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton announced yesterday that they'll sign on as 11th-hour cosponsors. It appears they have suddenly found religion on the issue, because both sponsored a hefty number of earmarks in 2008. (See nearby table.)

The main opponents are Appropriators in both parties who don't want to give up control of their favor factory. When Democrat Henry Waxman proposed a similar moratorium last month, all 22 Democrats in the Budget Committee voted no. GOP Senators are no better, though they are doing their political dirty work behind the scenes to kill the DeMint-McCaskill effort. We look forward to counting the public roll.

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