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Entries for January 29th, 2008
Earmarks bring People Together
Sen. Richard Shelby and Rep. Artur Davis don’t agree on much, but they came to similar positions on the President’s proposal to reduce the use of earmarks.
“I do not support abdicating Congress’ constitutionally mandated power of the purse,” said Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican who has been particularly adept at steering money into the state for roads, universities, NASA and other projects. “That just gives a lot of power to the president — not just this president, but any president.”
“It’s the equivalent of a last-minute temper-tantrum from the executive branch,” added Rep. Artur Davis, a Birmingham Democrat. “Congress has always had a role in earmarks … when (Bush’s) own party was in power there were three times the number of earmarks we had last year, and he signed those budgets into law.”
The “well they did it too” defense has never been one I admired. I agree with Rep. Davis on the facts, but that doesn’t mean that reduction in the amount of earmarks isn’t a good idea. How it is implemented by the President is still to be seen.
montgomeryadvertiser.com :: Some state lawmakers blast vow to cut earmarks