I think so too.
It was an understandable reaction to the Jack Abramoff scandal, which was one of the worst to hit Washington in decades. But I think earmarks are also a way that people feel connected to their government. They can point to tangible things in their community that are there because they matter to people in that community, so that members of Congress can then say, this is why you sent me to Washington.
And, yes, the appropriations committee, where all these deals were done, was one of the last bastions of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill.
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