For Immediate Release
CONGRESS UNWILLING TO
ABIDE BY COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING
RULES FOR CONGRESSIONAL
EARMARKS
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Monday, November 5
No eEarmarks for no-bid contracts. Extend competitive contracting to earmarks.
by
margieburns
on Mon 05 Nov 2007 03:25 PM EST
I am in no way a supporter of a blanket denunciation of
earmarks, a faux reform. Some projects supported by earmarks are needed and genuinely aim
for the public good but cannot be passed or authorized or funded otherwise, in
an era of omnibus bills and massive lobbying. Still, contracts awarded by earmarks should be competitive, like other contracts. See below, forwarded by POGO
(Project on Government Oversight):
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