McConnell blinks on earmarks

Barbara Morrill for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Monday November 15, 2010 · 1:20 PM PST

2010/11/15 · 13:20

After a protracted public fight over an across-the-board ban on earmarks proposed by Jim DeMint (R-SC), and scheduled for a secret vote when the Republican Conference meets tomorrow, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has flip-flopped:

The top Republican in the Senate has reversed course and endorsed a moratorium on pork-barrel projects known as "earmarks." [...]

Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell says he's heeding the message voters sent in elections that swept Democrats from power in the House.

Comedy. A week ago McConnell said of the proposed, non-binding resolution;

 The problem is it doesn’t save any money ... This debate doesn’t save any money, which is why it’s kind of exasperating to some of us who really want to cut spending and get the federal government’s discretionary accounts under control.

... and today he's heeding the message of the voters. Assuming the voters are named DeMint and have been waging jihad over less than 1% of the federal budget in what many see as a power move against the current Senate Minority Leader. And look who blinked.

McConnell blinks on earmarks

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