Senate Approps Committee Announces Moratorium on Earmarks, Over Blunt's Objections

The Senate Appropriations Committee announced yesterday a "moratorium on earmarks for the current session of Congress."   But Sen. Roy Blunt, one of the committee's newest members, has been a steadfast supporter of the existing earmarking process, even suggesting that the Constitution requires the current system to continue without reform.   Blunt's pro-pork stance and silly Constitutional argument puts him decidedly at odds with leaders in his own party, the President and a growing number of Democratic leaders, and the public.