House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer - October 2018 Porker of the Month
U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) October 2018 Porker of the Month Wants to bring back earmarks. |
In a speech on September 12, 2018, Whip Hoyer called the elimination of earmarks, “an abdication of Congress’ power of the purse,” and pledged that if the House Democrats win a majority in November’s midterm elections, his caucus would support a resurrection of the wasteful and corruptive practice. He even claimed that the return of earmarks would help “fix government.”
Whip Hoyer must have quite a short memory. Before earmarks were put under a moratorium in 2011, the preceding decade was chock full of high-profile boondoggles such as the Bridge to Nowhere, and scandals that resulted in jail terms for Reps. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) and Bob Ney (R-Ohio), and lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The late Sen. John McCain slammed those who argued for the return of earmarks, saying, “the problem with all their arguments is: the more powerful you are, the more likely it is you get the earmark in. Therefore, it is a corrupt system.”
As for the congressional power of the purse, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) said it best: “Earmarking was not the innocuous exercise of Congress' constitutional spending power; it was the tool lobbyists and leadership used to compel members to vote for bills that their constituents — and sometimes their conscience — opposed.”
For pushing pork-barrel earmarks on American taxpayers, CAGW names House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer its October 2018 Porker of the Month.
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Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers, government officials, and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard for the interests of taxpayers.
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