Jim's Blog

November 16, 2010

Lame Duck Session Begins

This week the Senate returned to Washington after spending several weeks out on the campaign trail before the mid-term elections.

Today, Senate Republicans will vote as a caucus on a two-year earmark moratorium. If passed, Senate Republicans would be agreeing to give up their pork projects for the 112th Congress.

On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced he would support the ban. Sen. DeMint welcomed the news saying:

"Senator McConnell's support for the earmark moratorium demonstrates the kind of bold leadership our party needs....Earmarks have greased the skids for runaway spending and bad policy for decades. It's time for Congress to stop focusing on parochial pet projects, and instead focus on cutting spending, devolving power and decisions back to states, and working on national priorities like entitlement and tax reform."
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