03.11.10 09:18 AM
The House Republican Conference voted today to ban the use of earmarks by its members. Americans for Prosperity has been educating and mobilizing the public to fight against pork-barrel earmarks for years, including a nationwide RV tour called the Ending Earmarks Express that traveled more than 15,000 miles in 2006 visiting the 50 most egregious earmarks in 38 states.