McConnell says banning 'earmarks' is complicated

WHY, you ask!  Because his state receives a lot of Federal funds: farmers, horse breeders, Fort Knox and Campbell, roads, and healthcare.  It’s a poor state, it receives more money than it pays.

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell says banning pork-barrel projects known as "earmarks" from congressional legislation is more complicated than it appears but that he is willing to consider such a ban.

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Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina has said he wants to ban all lawmakers' requests for specific spending. President Barack Obama has backed that idea.

McConnell says Republicans are ready to cut federal spending but says banning earmarks is not a realistic way to do that.