I just received this notice from House Republican Leader John Boehner: Tonight House GOP leaders sent Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) a letter calling on her to join House Republicans in an immediate moratorium on earmarks and to appoint a bipartisan, bicameral joint committee to reform the earmark process and eliminate wasteful spending. GOP leaders asked Speaker Pelosi to respond to the request by February 1st, the end of the Democratic Caucus retreat, and outlined a series of earmark reform standards House Republicans will adopt immediately. Excerpts and the full text of the letter are below:

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