Ted Stevens Says 'No Need' for Earmark Reform
This is unbelievable. From KTVA.com, an Alaska TV station: bq. Alaska Senator Ted Stevens says there is no need for earmark reform. bq. What is needed, the senator says, is a better public understanding of how the process works. Stevens made his statements yesterday in reaction to President Bush mentioning earmark reform in his State of the Union speech this week. bq. Politicians are increasingly demanding changes in the way lawmakers each year add projects to national spending bills to benefit their home states. Stevens has been particularly good at earmarking billions of dollars for Alaska. In his speech, Bush called for a line-item veto to fix the problem. Stevens says it is Congress' job to write the spending bills. He says a line-item veto by the president would be unconstitutional. Sorry, Senator. We want reform. We don't want to pay for another one of your bridges.
