VOLuntarilyConservative

Red State and CongressDaily (subscription required) are writing about the House Democrats passing midnight earmarks that they've hidden in the Intelligence Appropriations bill.

As if House Democrats refusing to disclose most of those earmarks to the public weren't bad enough, they have even refused to disclose them to other Members of Congress.

While the following YouTube clip is mostly procedural in nature (and anyone trying to follow the inquiry from Rep. Westmoreland from Georgia will certainly agree), it goes to the heart of the matter that the Democrats are indeed surreptitiously including earmarks in important pieces of legislation in the hope that in doing so they will not be called on the carpet by those of us who actually care how the government spends our money:



Chief Deputy Whip Eric Cantor's office had this to say about the new Democratic practice:

This is the most abusive and potentially the most damaging trick the House Democrats have tried this Congress. For all those who oppose earmarks and want to restore fiscal discipline to the process, I simply cannot stress how damaging this will be if it goes unchecked.The House Democrats' Earmark Sham is a disgrace – so much for the"most honest and open Congress in history."

Indeed.

Labels: Congress, Democrats, Earmarks, Pork