In his first official act as Pennsylvania’s newly elected senator, Senator-Elect Pat Toomey cosponsored a Conference Rule urging the Republican Conference in the Senate to ban earmarks for the fiscal year 2012. Senator-Elect Toomey has long been an opponent of spending taxpayer dollars on wasteful pork projects, making his mark on this issue as a [...]

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Lois Herr and The Earmarks Flip-Flop

10.04.2010

Lois Herr was for earmark reform before she was against it. YouTube Link

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Rep. Pitts points out ridiculous earmarks

03.03.2009

Straight from the YouTube of Congressman Pitts… Congressman Pitts points out some of the more ridiculous of the over 8000 earmarks in the nearly half trillion dollar spending bill passed by the House. Pointing out all the earmarks coming out of Washington could be a full time job, thanks for keeping us informed and trying [...]

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