Earmark Grief Portends Minibus Trouble
House conservatives’ ire at earmarks portends more trouble for appropriators’ next minibus in the Senate, where fiscal hawks have been loud and clear about their grievances with the practice.
The House will vote this afternoon on appropriators’ next set of spending bills including the Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water, and Interior-Environment funding bills after GOP leaders quelled a revolt from conservative hardliners over earmarks.
Ultraconservatives say they’ve received assurances from leaders they’ll have more input on the next set of spending bills the House would take ...