Ryan Blocks Effort to Bring Back Earmarks

By Michael Warren
Published November 17, 2016 1:58pm ET
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Ryan Blocks Effort to Bring Back Earmarks
House speaker Paul Ryan stepped in Wednesday to block an effort by some House Republicans to partially resurrect earmark spending, six years after the practice was banned. Here’s the Wall Street Journal with the report: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) on Wednesday halted a growing push among House Republicans to bring back “earmarks,” lawmakers’ […]

House speaker Paul Ryan stepped in Wednesday to block an effort by some House Republicans to partially resurrect earmark spending, six years after the practice was banned. Here’s the Wall Street Journal with the report:

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