Representative David Obey
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March 11, 2010
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Tags: David Obey, earmarks, House Appropriations Committee, Pork barrel, portrait of the day, sketch of the day
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The leader of the House Appropriations Committee David Obey announced a new ban on earmarks to private business. If the Senate follows suit, it would bar the end run around the merit-based or competitive allocation processes and the means legislators use to slip pork and no-bid contracts into bills. The ban does not include not-for-profits.
It’s a start.