Nuke's

Interesing piece from Jed Babbin at Human Events.

…a small group of Republican House conservatives is planning a move that could force reform on House Democrats and the Senate.

These conservative members — including Representatives Jeb Hensarling (Tex.), Mike Pence (Ind.) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.) — are planning a major initiative against congressional earmarks on which they will try to get conference-wide agreement at the Republican retreat scheduled for Wednesday through Friday of this week at the Greenbrier Resort.
According to a congressional source, the conservatives plan to ask the entire Republican House Conference to agree to a yearlong moratorium on earmarks. That would be accompanied by the appointment of Flake to the House Appropriations Committee. Our source said that the earmarks moratorium is one of the “bold strokes” the conservatives intend to use to set the tone for this year’s congressional session.

At first blush, my reaction is very favorable to the moratorium on earmarks.  This may emerge as a national issue.

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