Senate Republican earmark ban

[RickN]

Guys the Senate Republicans are set to vote on an earmark ban Tuesday but do not have the votes yet. If you support the ban tell Inhofe to vote for it. I have already e-mailed Inhofe.

The current list of supporters, includes six incoming freshmen senators, according to DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton: Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), John Ensign (R-Nevada), Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) along with Senators-elect Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), and Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire).

http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2...ins-support-still-short-votes?test=latestnews

 

[dieseltech09]

Inhofe has already been on Fox saying he doesent support the broad ban of earmarks. He actually makes a good argument. He has his on bill on a spending ban he is set to introduce.

 

[striker754]

Earmarks are just a distraction from where meaningful spending needs to be cut. Entitlements and defense.

 

[KOPBET]

Non-binding and only applies to Republicans. What's the point?

 

[1shot(bob)]

EArmarks aren't a bad thing. They can be bad, but they are not. No ban is necessary or wise.

 

[redmax51]

EArmarks aren't a bad thing. They can be bad, but they are not. No ban is necessary or wise.

^^What he said.

 

[grizzly97]

Earmarks are just a distraction from where meaningful spending needs to be cut. Entitlements and defense.

I understand the entitlements, but why do you want to cut spending on defense? Do you want to make us weaker or something? I don't understand. Not being a smartass, just want to hear your arguement.

 

[1shot(bob)]

The defense budget is bloated and improperly used. It needs to be cut drastically. Doing so would not make us weaker, but stronger in the right places.

 

[grizzly97]

The defense budget is bloated and improperly used. It needs to be cut drastically. Doing so would not make us weaker, but stronger in the right places.

Ok. So you are basically saying things that are supposed to be used for defense are being used on other things. Or that they put stuff in the defense budget to make it appear that they are spending it there but truly are not. Gotcha. In that case, i agree with fixing it.

 

[1shot(bob)]

Ok. So you are basically saying things that are supposed to be used for defense are being used on other things. Or that they put stuff in the defense budget to make it appear that they are spending it there but truly are not. Gotcha. In that case, i agree with fixing it.

No.. I'm saying money given to the defense department is being spent on defense purposes but being done so unwisely. For example:
Some money is being earmarked for planes the AF doesn't want, only because those planes are being made in that senators district.
Money is being wasted on things we don't need, while things we do need are going un-purchased.

The industrial military complex pulls the strings far too much. They have far too much control and that control needs to be returned to the correct people.