This Post editorial endorses banning all earmarks. The House is right to ban lawmakers from earmarking government funds for for-profit companies. It should go further, and extend the prohibition to nonprofit and educational institutions as well. Some nonprofit institutions spend enormous sums on lobbyists, who dispense campaign donations in hope of obtaining earmarks. More important, […]
Month: March 2010
New life for Massa ethics inquiry?
The Post reports on the status of the Massa matter here. Another Post story is here.
Corporate earmarks: not dead yet?
The Times discusses the corporate earmark ban in this editorial. The House ban was announced just days after the committee blithely pronounced the coincidence of generous defense contracts and political contributions as just that — a mere coincidence that does not “support a claim that a member’s actions are being influenced by campaign contributions.” The […]