This week, I introduced my fourth privileged resolution calling for an ethics investigation into the link between earmarks and campaign contributions. I think we're going to see some real progress on the earmark front very soon. As you know, earmarks are used as enticements to jack up spending everywhere else. If you wonder who provided the critical margin in the Senate for the bloated omnibus spending bill to pass ea...

As you probably know, after promising on the campaign trail to eliminate earmarks, President Obama signed the omnibus spending bill this week totaling $410 billion, including nearly 9,000 earmarks. What’s more disturbing is that forty percent of the earmark requests were from Republicans. When will we ever learn?

This week, I also introduced my third resolution asking Congress to open up an ethics investigation to...

In case you missed it on Wednesday night, I appeared on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News to discuss earmarks in the omnibus spending bill and the pay-to-play mentality in Congress. I've included the link to the segment for your convenience.