Topline: While the Department of Government Efficiency has taken aim at wasteful spending throughout the federal government, so far it has not set its sights on earmarks. The previous ban on earmarks ...

Behind closed doors, Republican senators vowed earlier this month to abolish earmarks for the next two years and send a message about their shared disdain for "pork-barrel" spending. But out from ...

I'm a day late, but it is still a good story to explore, as earlier this week 15 GOP Senators joined with most Democrats to block an earmark ban offered up by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). The plan would ...

Old habits die hard for Republican Rep. Harold Rogers — at least when it comes to earmarks. Known by his critics as the ...

Total opposition to earmarking is a key tea party tenet, and the battle to get Republicans to voluntarily ban it in their ranks is already raging. Establishment leaders like Minority Leader Mitch ...

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma's House Republicans will not submit dozens of requests for federal funding of state projects worth millions of dollars after their agreement to support a temporary ban on ...

As House Republicans meet on Wednesday to discuss their plans for next year, three of them are attempting to bring back the practice of earmarking. As the Daily Signal reports, GOP representatives ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. WASHINGTON • Despite claims, the ban on earmarks won't stop lawmakers from steering taxpayers' dollars to pet projects. And it ...

WASHINGTON • Despite claims, the ban on earmarks won't stop lawmakers from steering taxpayers' dollars to pet projects. And it will have little if any effect on Washington's far graver problem — the ...