Earmark reforms

One mans pork is another mans deep fried tenderloin with ketchup, mustard, pickles and onions. The Club for Growth has compiled a record of congressional votes on 50 anti-pork amendments." Of of the fifty amendments submited only one passed in spite of Democrats pledging to clean up Washington.

Some highlights from the report:

• Sixteen congressmen scored a perfect 100%, voting for all 50 anti-pork
  amendments. They are all Republicans.


• The average Republican score was 43%. The average Democratic score was 2%.


• Rep. David Obey (D-WI) did not vote for his own amendment to strike all
  earmarks in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Rep. Obey scored an embarrassing 0% overall.


• 105 congressmen scored an embarrassing 0%, voting against every single
  amendment.


• The Pork Hall of Shame includes 81 Democrats and 24 Republicans.


• The Democratic Freshmen scored an abysmal average score of 2%. Their
  Republican counterparts scored an average score of 78%.

So no matter how you may feel about earmarks this is how our Iowa Representatives have voted on recent earmark reform legislation.

Bruce Brailey (D) 43/50 83%

Leonard Bosswell (D) 43/47 91%

Dave Loebsack (D) 1/50 2%

Tom Latham (R) 2/50 4%

Steve King (R) 43/47 91%

Overall not a bad record for the Iowa delegation but congressmen Latham and Loebsack got some splainin to do.