Another Lawmaker Swears Off Earmarks!
Another day and another lawmaker has sworn off earmarks. Today it's Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA-19). From PennLive.com:
U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, is drawing a line in the sand and just saying 'no.'
"I will not be requesting earmarks as part of this year's federal budget," Platts announced on Monday citing the broken earmarking process by which members of Congress doled out $12 billion to $15 billion for some 9,000 projects last year.
"The number of earmarks has skyrocketed," he said. "Billions in taxpayer dollars have been wasted. The system has been abused on both sides of the aisle."
Congratulations are in order, Mr. Platts. Well done.
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