Lipless Mitch ushers in new era of GOP fiscal responsibility with $1 BILLION in pork

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McConnell Backs Earmark Ban After Requesting Nearly $1 BILLION In Pork



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/15/mitch-mcconnell-earmark-ban_n_783767.html

The top Republican in the Senate has reversed course and endorsed a moratorium on pork-barrel projects known as "earmarks." Those are special funding requests lawmakers slip into legislation for home-state projects.

Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell says he's heeding the message voters sent in elections that swept Democrats from power in the House. He says he can't accuse Democrats of failing to ignore the wishes of the American people and then be guilty of the same thing.

McConnell's move gives tea party activists a win and heads off a battle with conservatives in his own party in the Senate. House GOP leaders had already endorsed a ban on the practice.

McConnell, a member of the Appropriations Committee, is a longtime defender of earmarking. The Kentucky Republican has requested 158 solo earmarks amounting to a cost of $927,872,000 over the past two years, according to data provided by LegiStorm.

[DCKit]

1. Well Duh! HIS earmarks are important and valid.

As the sole responsible member of the Senate, he is the arbiter of what is and isn't proper.

If (R)s weren't terminally deficient in irony, they'd all be ROFL 24/7.

[thereismore]

2. If the repigs hadn't won, Mitch would still have his $1B earmarks! Oh the irony! nt