Musgrave Is Against Earmarks

The House of Representatives passed a $3 trillion federal budget on March 13. Increases in earmarks, the requests by Congress for projects in home districts, would be paid for by letting the popular and successful tax cuts expire in 2010.

Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave was among the Republicans who voted against the budget bill. She also voted for last year's moratorium on earmarks. Musgrave has said "until public confidence is restored I believe we must end all earmarks."

The budget bill of March 13 was passed by the Democratic majority in Congress, and the moratorium was voted down by the same Democratic majority.

The Republicans' presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, has never voted for earmarks when that question has been presented in the Senate.

Are the Democrats, in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate,  looking out for you by offering gifts for their home districts and then demanding you pay more taxes for these out-of-control expenditures?