Senate Republicans to Tea Party Movement: Go Screw Yourselves - Big Government

Senate Republican Leaders have led an effort to beat back DeMint’s proposal in an effort to save earmarking. An Earmark is a special project, usually secured by a lobbyist friend of the politician, for a project in a Senator’s home state. See Bridge to Nowhere is an excellent example of an earmark. An earmark is a means for Members of Congress to send federal money to projects favored by the member. These members are elitists who think the Tea Party movement will tolerate Republicans going back to the free spending ways of the Bush years."