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House Republicans may follow Democrats in rebooting shamed earmarks game
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Democrats want to bring back earmarks, but face strong opposition from Republicans.
Republicans, who banned earmarks a decade ago, want to permanently do away with them, citing past abuses.
Democrats argue that members of Congress use them to receive funding for community projects.
Earmarks used to be a major and controversial tool for getting difficult legislation passed through Congress, but that all changed a decade ago. Now it could be changing back again, but not if the Republican Party has anything to say about it.
The House Appropriations Committee, led by Chair Rosa DeLauro, announced new reforms on Friday for community-project funding, essentially bringing earmarks back with more transparency and accountability. Those were two of the main complaints behind earmarks ban under a Republican Congress in 2011.
Here s why Democrats want to bring back earmarks and Republicans want to ban them forever asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey) © Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images Sen. Marco Rubio. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Democrats want to bring back earmarks, but face strong opposition from Republicans.
Republicans, who banned earmarks a decade ago, want to permanently do away with them, citing past abuses.
Democrats argue that members of Congress use them to receive funding for community projects.
Earmarks used to be a major - and controversial - tool for getting difficult legislation passed through Congress, but that all changed a decade ago. Now it could be changing back again, but not if the Republican Party has anything to say about it.