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10-CAGW
on Aug 12, 2010
Resolution: Citizens Against Government Waste's "No Pork Pledge"
Source: Citizens Against Government Waste's "No Pork Pledge"
Despite congressional reforms over the past several years to reduce pork barreling and increase earmark accountability and transparency, earmarks continue to figure prominently as the "currency of corruption" on Capitol Hill, undermining the federal budgetary process and our democratic system of government. In an effort to encourage more members of Congress and candidates for office to kick the earmarking habit, CCAGW has launched a new no-gimmicks, anti-pork pledge. By signing CCAGW’s No Pork Pledge, incumbents and candidates vow not to request any pork-barrel earmark, which is defined as meeting one of the following criteria: - Requested by only one chamber of Congress
- Not specifically authorized
- Not competitively awarded
- Not requested by the President
- Greatly exceeds the President’s budget request or the previous year’s funding
- Not the subject of congressional hearings
- Serves only a local or special interest
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: No Pork Pledge: decrease earmarking; increase transparency
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 10-CAGW |
Independents
participating in 10-CAGW |
| George LeMieux |
s1s | FL 2012 Republican Primary Challenger | |
| Joe Miller |
s1s | AK Challenger and previous Republican Nominee | |
| Alexander Snitker |
s1s | FL 2010 Libertarian challenger | |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
0
Republicans:
24
Independents:
3 |
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