Dec 1, 2010 ... A ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority Congress has over spending,  to the benefit of the executive branch. — PolitiFact Wisconsin ...
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included "$277,000 for potato pest  management in Wisconsin." — PolitiFact ... A ban on earmarks greatly weakens  the authority Congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.
May 13, 2011 ... In a May 4 telephone interview with the WJHL 11 Connect television, which  serves ... are the line items inserted into larger bills that direct federal spending .  ... In a March 15 Twitter post, Radtke mused about the possibility of stripping ...  says and earmarks ban would greatly weaken Congressional authority, ...
Reduce spending; Reduce deficits; Reduce corruption ... “An across-the-board  ban has the unintended consequence of eliminating ... “Instead of ceding  Congress's constitutional authority to the president, we ... Advantages within each  chamber of Congress ... Executive/Presidential earmarks ... The Legislative  Branch.
Jan 6, 2016 ... I first testified about biennial budgeting more than 15 years ago before this ... “ power of the purse” to partisan political considerations have greatly ... to support  the line-item veto, a ban on congressional earmarks, and other measures aimed  at weakening Congress's authority vis-à-vis the Executive Branch.
A ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority Congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.