Senate GOP Adopts Permanent Earmarks Ban, But They May Still Return

Senate GOP Adopts Permanent Earmarks Ban, But They May Still Return
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 28, 2018. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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WASHINGTON—A majority of the Senate Republican Conference voted recently to make permanent a temporary ban adopted in 2011 on earmarks in federal spending, but pressure remains to bring back the discredited pork-barrel tool.

“The last thing taxpayers need is for the same politicians who racked up a $22 trillion national debt to go on an earmark binge,” said Sen. Ben Sasse, the Nebraska Republican who pushed the earmark ban.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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