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As they try to reclaim the ethical high ground during a difficult stretch, House Democratic leaders are considering a dramatic move: declaring a party-wide ban on earmarks this year.

The idea, floated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a leadership huddle Tuesday, is for House Democrats to outflank their Republican counterparts, who have mulled and rejected such a moratorium in recent years.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_99/news/43906-1.html?page=1

Wouldn't it be nice if Congress actually did pass a law (not just a party declaring a ban) that prohibited earmarks?

Your precious dems got alot of earmarks in the porkulous bill..(stimulous bill) for u TP........

"Wouldn't it be nice if Congress actually did pass a law (not just a party declaring a ban) that prohibited earmarks?"

I'll say it again:  The hogs at the trough vote for the guy that brings the slop.

And you are asking the guy that brings the slop to stop bringing the slop????   Oh yea, only in the next hog pen, not yours.