Fiscal conservatives are mobilizing against any effort to reinstate earmarks, those specific spending requests that can help flip a lawmaker from a “no” to a “yes” on a bill, amid rumors that Congress might bring them back now that Republicans will soon control the House, Senate and White House.

Lawmakers in both chambers agreed to ban earmarks several years ago after several pork-barrel scandals emerged, including Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young’s infamous $220 million “bridge to nowhere,” which led to public ridicule.