As Biden Approaches 100th Day in Office, GOP Stumbles in Attacking Him
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As Biden approaches 100th day in office, Republicans admit difficulties in attacking his agenda
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Senate Republicans at war over earmarks
It’s hard to find many GOP defenders of the earmark, but that doesn’t mean Republican senators want to unilaterally disarm.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a potential White House candidate in 2024, countered that earmarks “have been a currency of corruption whenever implemented.” | Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images
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The post-Trump Republican Party is on the verge of sweeping away the last vestiges of the tea party era. But not before a big internal fight.
Republicans largely abandoned their mantle of fiscal conservatism under former President Donald Trump, increasing spending, the debt and eventually relenting to his unorthodox tariff regime. Through it all, their ban on earmarks remained. Now its days may be numbered.