Earmarks Still Pose Challenge

Panel Scrubs Lands Measure

• By Paul Singer
• Roll Call Staff
• Feb. 5, 2008, Midnight

Despite the passage of new earmark rules in the House and Senate last year, the definition of what an earmark is and what disclosure is required remains a moving target. As a consequence, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is scrambling to generate earmark disclosure documentation for more than a dozen legislative provisions that were not declared earmarks when they were passed by the House last year.