This afternoon, House Republicans voted in favor of eliminating earmarks on legislation passed during the upcoming session of Congress. The incoming Majority Leader, John Boehner claims that, “’Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people.’” This would signal the intention of representatives to follow the wants of their constituents instead of shirking their responsibility. However, this will make a great deal more difficult to obtain subsidies and benefits for their constituents, which will negatively affect them. This does not appear to be as large a concern to Republicans, who ran on a platform of greater fiscal conservation during these elections.
“House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans,” said Mr. Boehner, who will be the new Speaker of the House, inn his statement. “We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.”
At this point, Senate Democrats haven’t agreed, and it remains to be seen whether the House would vote on bills from the Senate that included earmarks.
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