Republican Study Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) plans to seek an immediate suspension of the earmarking process after learning Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) suggested to Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the procurement of additional earmarks could assist the campaigns of vulnerable Democrats.
In a letter to Pelosi last Thursday, Kilpatrick noted the unequal distribution of earmarks and suggested a more favorable distribution of taxpayer-funded earmarks would help members of the Congressional Black Caucus in their political campaigns.
Inherently, we understand that this earmark process is not equitable. … There are a few examples of where your help could significantly assist a few members in highly contested races.
Hensarling cited a report earlier this year from the Wall Street Journal, which reported that veteran appropriator Rep. John Murtha had “rebuilt [his] hometown on earmarks,” noting that “Johnstown’s good fortune has come at the expense of taxpayers everywhere else.”
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