How Does K Street Feel?
The RSC pushes an earmark moratorium, and, not surprisingly, there’s pushback. CongressDaily has the goods:
The idea has drawn opposition from within the Republican Conference and from K Street.
“I just don’t think it is helpful right now,” said one top GOP fundraiser. “People that are ordinary Republicans are looking at this discussion of earmarks and saying ‘enough already.’ K Street is pissed off about this earmark discussion.”
What a perfect illustration of all that’s wrong with earmark politics. K Street is unhappy? Of course it’s unhappy! That’s the whole point — to stop the favor-trading and the legislative dealmaking. If anything, this shows that something’s going right.