The FreedomWorks earmark pledge is a defining issue in the GOP primary to replace retiring Rep. Duncan Hunter, California. From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Three Republican hopefuls – Bob Watkins, Brian Jones and Hunter’s son Duncan D. Hunter – sounded similar themes at a county Republican Party debate in El Cajon last night before about [...]
Very entertaining piece. Hat tip to Sen. DeMint’s office.
The Senate is voting this week on a one-year earmark moratorium, and some so-called conservatives are trotting out questionable arguments in defense of earmarks. Senator Coburn gave an address last night that answered these claims and his staff is circulating these arguments.
CLAIM: Earmarks are [...]
Sens. Obama and Clinton are scape-goating NAFTA and free trade on the campaign trail as the pander to the Democrat base. Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria deftly explains why the candidates can’t have it both ways:
The facts about trade have been too well rehearsed to go into them in any great detail, but let me point out [...]
Sens. Clinton and Obama are cosponsoring it, however, setting the stage for a showdown. Reformers versus the leaders of both parties in Senate…
More from CQ:
Senate Democratic leaders are opposing efforts to use the fiscal 2009 budget resolution to impose a one-year moratorium on member earmarks, a plan that may face procedural obstacles [...]
The Heritage Foundation’s Brian Riedl has a new analysis of the House Budget Committee’s budget blueprint. Among his findings, the budget plan:
* Raises taxes by $1.265 trillion over five years and $3.911 trillion over 10 years, or more than $3,135 per household annually;
* Includes 17 reserve funds that could be used to raise taxes [...]
The bad news for the GOP this weekend was the loss of former Speaker Denny Hastert’s Congressional District in a special election. That’s despite heavy earmarking by the former Speaker.
WaPo columnist Robert Samuelson has an oped on the housing crisis that is a breath of fresh air among all the negative headlines. “It’s elementary economics,” he says:
Pretend that houses are apples. We have 1,000 apples, priced at $1 each. They don’t sell. We can either keep the price at $1 and watch the apples [...]
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Brendan is the Director of Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks. He is the author of The Conservative Revolution: How to Win the Battle for College Campuses.
