Washington Times:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he will support an earmark ban in the Senate Republican conference, a move that appears to leave House Democrats as the sole supporters of pork-barrel spending.
"I will join the Republican leadership in the House in support of a moratorium on earmarks in the 112th Congress," Mr. McConnell said.
Speaking from the Senate floor, the Kentucky Republican said the recent election showed us that "Americans know the difference between talking about change and actually delivering on it."
"On the issue of Congressional earmarks as the leader of my party in the Senate, I have to lead first by example," Mr. McConnell said, adding that he does not apologize for requesting earmarks in the past.
"There is simply no doubt that the abuse of this practice has caused Americans to view it as a symbol of the waste and out-of-control spending that every Republican in Washington is determined to fight," he said. "Unless people like me show the American people they are willing to follow through on their small or even symbolic things we risk losing them on the broader arguments to cut spending and rein in government."
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I am glad to see he has come to realize how important it is to voters to start cutting spending even for the "small" stuff. This should make it easier for Republicans to go after the big stuff too and actually cut over a $100 billion from current spending. It also puts Democrats in the spot as being the only ones supporting earmarks.
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