Sentence examples for getting rid of earmarks from inspiring English sources

Which they will fill by getting rid of earmarks.

THERE are reports that the new Democratic Congress is getting rid of earmarks:Democrats tidying up a cluster of unfinished spending bills dumped on them by departing Republican leaders in Congress will start by removing billions of dollars in lawmakers' pet projects next month.

Getting rid of earmarks won't save us from the current debt explosion, nor is it likely to end the spending; it will just leave the decision in the hands of the agencies rather than selected lawmakers.

After a freeze and getting rid of earmarks, go through the budget line by line for cuts in spending that both parties can agree on -- particularly the defense budget.

Spurred on by well-meaning good-government types and hacky deficit hysterics -- along with political partisans who enjoyed characterizing their opponents' earmarks as an abuse of the process -- the whole notion of getting rid of earmarks started to sound like a good idea.

But the most interesting thing about the list is how far down all the current Republican proposals rate with "The American People" (with the one big exception being getting rid of earmarks, which is often a tricky question -- most people are for cutting earmarks for all the other districts and states, but most people are also in favor of such for their state or district).

His speeches are peppered with pledges to get rid of earmarks (spending tagged for politicians' pet projects).

"We should get rid of earmarks altogether, get rid of these member items altogether," Mr. Weiner said last week, saying such a move would "restore public confidence" in government.

In recent debates and in their commercials, most of the Republicans portrayed themselves as the true fiscal conservative who would cut spending, get rid of earmarks and repeal the health care law.

"We thought we'd gotten rid of earmarks," said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog group in Washington that is part of the coalition.

It's not that the move to get rid of earmarks wasn't well-intentioned, Knuti says.