a ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.
a ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.
dave obey
dec 1, 2010 ... a ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority congress has over spending,  to the benefit of the executive branch. — politifact wisconsin ...
earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included "$277,000 for potato pest  management in wisconsin." — politifact ... a ban on earmarks greatly weakens  the authority congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.
may 13, 2011 ... in a may 4 telephone interview with the wjhl 11 connect television, which  serves ... are the line items inserted into larger bills that direct federal spending .  ... in a march 15 twitter post, radtke mused about the possibility of stripping ...  says and earmarks ban would greatly weaken congressional authority, ...
reduce spending; reduce deficits; reduce corruption ... “an across-the-board  ban has the unintended consequence of eliminating ... “instead of ceding  congress's constitutional authority to the president, we ... advantages within each  chamber of congress ... executive/presidential earmarks ... the legislative  branch.
jan 6, 2016 ... i first testified about biennial budgeting more than 15 years ago before this ... “ power of the purse” to partisan political considerations have greatly ... to support  the line-item veto, a ban on congressional earmarks, and other measures aimed  at weakening congress's authority vis-à-vis the executive branch.