House appropriator: We know how to get around earmark ban

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 8:11pm |

By Daniel Strauss, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, March 3, 2011

A House Democrat indicated Thursday that lawmakers are getting around the new ban on earmarks by convincing Obama administration officials to fund their pet projects.

Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), an appropriator, made the remarks during an appearance on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program.

In response to a question about whether earmark bans have "curtailed" the Appropriations Committee's power, Moran responded, "No, and I have to say — and I'm going to be as candid as possible — the appropriators are going to be okay because we know people in agencies and so on...."

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