Cuellar: We Democrats want to bring earmarks back in January
MISSION, Texas – U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says House Democrats could reintroduce earmarks in January, something the Laredo Democrat would support.
According to Wikipedia, an earmark is a provision inserted into a discretionary spending appropriations bill that a dieters funds to a specific recipient while documenting the merit-based or competitive funds allocation process. Republicans banned them in 2011.
“We cannot earmark but I am hoping the in January, we the Democrats are going to put back what our Republican friends took away from us. We are hoping that we can get earmarks back,” Cuellar said.
“If we can get earmarks back, I can say, the Mission Public Library is going to get X amount of dollars, that McMullen County Community Center is going to get X amount of dollars. I hope we can get this back in January because I can get on Appropriations and I can do certain efforts.”
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