Democrats Upset Over Republican’s Trying to Stop “Earmarks”

 The Democratic leaders over at the House of Representatives, most prominently David Obey and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, are mad at the Republicans for trying to stop earmarks being hidden from the public. Earmarks are pork projects that legislators put into legislation to bring pork home to their constituants.

Here is Brendan Miniter of the Wall Street Journal discussing it.