Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) issued the following statement in light of Senator Mitch McConnell’s announcement that Senate Republicans would be joining the House Republican Conference in self-enacting an earmark moratorium:

“I praise Senate Republicans for committing to an earmark ban like the House Republicans did earlier this year. Earmarks are part of the root problem with Washington’s spending addiction. Members have far too frequently sought favor with their districts by dropping frivolous earmarks in the dead of night into spending bills. Funding requests should be given ample opportunity to be scrutinized by the American people as we move into the new Congress.”

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