PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: House GOP Weighs Proposal to Bring Back Earmarks.

One week after Donald Trump won the presidency on a promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington, House Republicans will vote on a proposal to bring back earmarks.

The vote will take place Wednesday when House Republicans meet to adopt their rules for the next Congress. The House earmark ban dates to 2010 when the GOP won control of the chamber.

Now, a trio of Republican lawmakers wants to return to the practice of earmarking, which became synonymous with government waste and pork-barrel spending during the GOP-controlled Congress of the early 2000s.

Reps. John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama, and Tom Rooney of Florida are listed as sponsors of the amendment, a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Signal.

Pathetic. Maybe these guys need to hear from people, especially constituents, about this? I didn’t think I was going to have to pull that PorkBusters logo out of deep storage, but hey, eternal vigilance, right?