PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: The Spirit of 1776 — 1776 Defense earmarks, that is.

Follow the link for a list of who’s asking for them. At the top, C.W. Young, John Murtha, and Jerry Lewis.

Plus, John Boehner says that Republicans have learned their lesson:

Republicans are working together to earn back the majority by first earning back the trust of the American people. And while Democrats are divided and breaking their promises on issue after issue, House Republicans have repeatedly spoken with one voice. . . .

A united Republican conference also forced Democratic leaders to abandon a plan to load billions of taxpayer dollars into slush funds for secret earmarks. By standing up for taxpayers who deserve to know where Washington is spending their hard-earned dollars, we succeeded in restoring the 2006 Republican earmark reforms to appropriations bills. But Democratic leaders will continue to face a united Republican conference; we won’t stop until those rules are applied to authorization and tax bills as well.

Sounds good. But there’s obviously a long way to go.