Good ideas on earmarks and omnibus legislation
Follow Execupundit's link to Philip K. Howard's devastating editorial on omnibus spending bills and laws.
Ashbrook Center Executive Director, Peter Schramm, suggests a subject for H.B. 1 in the new Congress.
The Wall Street Journal examines the legacy of the 111th Congress :
"The 111th Congress began with an $814 billion stimulus that blew out the federal balance sheet, so we suppose it's only fitting that the Members want to exit by passing a 1,924-page, $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill. The worst Congress in modern history is true to its essence to the bitter end."
I heard one commentator suggest a simple rule to deal with earmarks: The 30-minute rule. In order for an earmark to remain in a bill, the legislator who placed the earmark must stand in the well of the House and publicly defend its inclusion for no less than 30 minutes or the earmark will be removed.
Ashbrook Center Executive Director, Peter Schramm, suggests a subject for H.B. 1 in the new Congress.
The Wall Street Journal examines the legacy of the 111th Congress :
"The 111th Congress began with an $814 billion stimulus that blew out the federal balance sheet, so we suppose it's only fitting that the Members want to exit by passing a 1,924-page, $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill. The worst Congress in modern history is true to its essence to the bitter end."
I heard one commentator suggest a simple rule to deal with earmarks: The 30-minute rule. In order for an earmark to remain in a bill, the legislator who placed the earmark must stand in the well of the House and publicly defend its inclusion for no less than 30 minutes or the earmark will be removed.
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