Yeah, pretty much as expected: when voting on an amendment that would have banned earmarks (and hopefully, the corruption and self-serving pandering that often comes from it), we had a disparity in voting from our two US Senators. As far as I am concerned, earmarks are nothing but giveaways to the politically connected. Beseech a politician (which costs some amount of time
On one hand, US Senator Kelly Ayotte, Republican, voted to eliminate them. Many Republicans ran having this as part of their platform.
On the other, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat, voted to keep this practice.
It should have been both.
(H/T: US Senate)
