House Democrats’ moratorium on earmarks would not have prevented the Bridge to Nowhere, the Airport for No One, or some of the other recent infamous examples of spending.

Democrats’ new ban on earmarks to for-profit companies is projected to reduce earmarks by at least 1,000. Yet, the ban would only apply to appropriations bills so thousands of earmarks in authorization, tax and tariff, as well as transportation measures would continue unabated under the Democrats’ plan.

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