House Will Vote on Earmark Probe
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 24th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
House Will Vote on Earmark Probe
“As lawmakers prepare to consider a $410 billion spending bill carrying pet projects for clients of a lobbying firm under FBI investigation, the House will vote as early as Tuesday on whether to start an ethics investigation into the relationship between earmarks and campaign contributions,” CQ Politico reports.
“The vote could put majority Democrats and at least a few Republicans in an uncomfortable spot. They will have to choose between authorizing the House ethics committee to investigate the most delicate of political relationships or publicly voting against such a probe.”
