Releases

3/14/08 - Boehner: GOP Will Lead Where Democrats Have Failed on Congressional Earmark Reform

3/12/08 - Boehner Says Obey Letter Violated House Earmark Reform Rules

3/11/08 - Boehner Repeats Call for Speaker Pelosi to Join House Republicans in Supporting Earmark Freeze

3/06/08 - Boehner Welcomes Reports That Democratic Leaders Will Join GOP in Supporting Earmark Freeze

3/05/08 - Boehner Raps Congress for Cutting Kids’ Reading Programs While Spending Billions on Earmarks

3/05/08 - Blunt: Budget Cmte Democrats Shoot Down Plan to Bring Accountability,Transparency to Spending Process

February 2008

2/21/08 - Boehner: Majority Shuts Down House GOP's Earmark Reform Website

2/12/08 - Boehner: House Republicans Launch Earmark Reform Website

2/7/08 - Blunt: Democrats Vote Against Republican Earmark Reform Proposal Today

2/7/08 - Dreier: Republicans Will Fight On For Earmark Reform

2/7/08 - Boehner: Earmark Reform Is Just Beginning

2/4/08 - Boehner Statement on House Democrats’ Rejection of
GOP Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Earmarks

2/4/08 - RSC Chairman Hensarling Criticizes Democrat Earmark Hypocrisy

2/4/08 - Dreier Vows to Continue Pursuit of Greater Earmark Reform

2/4/08 - Blunt Pledges to Continue Push for Earmark Reform

January 2008

1/29/08 - Boehner Calls on Democratic Leaders to Break Silence on Earmark Moratorium

1/29/08 - Blunt Calls for Democrats to Join Republicans in Earmark Reform

• 1/28/08 - Boehner Reacts to White House Announcement on Earmark Reform

• 1/25/08 - House Republicans Call for Immediate Moratorium on Earmarks
  

What others are saying:

"Democrats are on the wrong side of an issue they once so passionately championed"
- San Francisco Chronicle Editorial, 2/1/08

“Abuse of the earmark has undercut respect for Congress. Members would be better off without the public cynicism they have, by this habit, earned,”
-Charleston Daily News Editorial, 1/31/08