Senate Rejects Three-Year Ban on Lawmaker ‘Earmarks’
This article is for subscribers only.
The U.S. Senate rejected a proposed moratorium on budget “earmarks” for lawmakers’ pet projects as Democrats and eight Republicans balked at efforts to further crack down on the practice.
The chamber voted 56-39 to reject a proposal that would have gone beyond a non-binding moratorium Republicans adopted for their party earlier this month. Today’s proposal would have allowed any lawmaker, for three years, to halt legislation determined to include spending or tax earmarks.