SHAME ON YOU GOP

In March, House Republicans enacted a voluntary, unilateral one-year ban on earmarks -- and they largely kept their promise. Of the 1,081 earmarks approved by the House since the ban was adopted, only seven were requested by Republicans. The ban was designed to send a signal to voters that Republicans would not go back to their free-spending ways if given the reins of power again.
But as Election Day draws closer, House Republicans are sending voters a very different signal -- they are backing off the earmark ban. The GOP's Pledge to America was conspicuously silent when it came to banning earmarks. And in August, Rep. Eric Cantor -- the leading candidate for House majority leader should Republicans take control -- told Politico that the GOP might roll back the ban, but that "if there are earmarks, there will be an earmark process that will ensure we're doing everything we can to show the people that their dollars are not being wasted." article