Arkansas Congressmen not clean on opposing earmarks

All 4 re-elected congressmen, Berry (D-1st Dist), Snyder (D-2nd Dist),Boozman (R-3rd Dist) and Ross (D-4th Dist) have favored earmarks and support of "pork" projects during the last congressional session. In the past House members have been able to avoid scrutiny because their pork was co-mingled with other projects and tucked into the dark corners of big spending bills. Or they were able to withstand the scrutiny because they were attacked as a whole chamber and not directly attacked themselves. However, because of 19 anti-pork amendments, they were forced to cast up-or-down votes on specific projects. They could no longer deflect attention. All four Arkansas Congressman voted "no" 19 times to limit pork and hostility to taxpayers as a whole. Click to review their scorecard of no votes on amendments to limit earmarks. As we watch their actions this Congressional session, let's hope the

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