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Resistance To Earmark Reforms…..

…. by Repub… no that would be Democrats!

Good for Nancy Pelosi (mostly). She’s is certainly tackling a lot of the issues she said she would. Earmarks seem to be a top priority. Sen. Harry Reid??? He… well, not so much. One old-guard Senator tries to explain why the House version of the bill is not acceptable:

Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., also said the DeMint (read Pelosi) provision was “unworkable” because it was so broad it could be applied to thousands of projects included in federal spending bills.

Uhm, isn’t that the whole point to accountability; making it broad and encompassing?

PS. I’m not a big fan of the “(mostly)” source Washington Times. Put kindly, they are often utterly blinded by their, oh, slight partisan leanings. They have been blatantly wrong on a story on more than one occation. But the votes are in and, yes, it does smell fishy!

Hat Tip: Insta-P