During her successful 2008 campaign for Congress, Lynn Jenkins criticized her opponents for voting for earmarks — those appropriations for specifically requested projects tucked away in large spending bills.
The Topeka Republican, whose 2nd U.S. House District includes west Lawrence, took to task her Republican primary opponent, former Congressman Jim Ryun, and general election opponent, Democratic incumbent Nancy Boyda, both of whom she defeated, over the issue.
Jenkins signed a pledge vowing to abide by strict earmark limits.
But on Wednesday, it was Jenkins who was under fire for pushing for earmarks.
The Club for Growth issued a news release saying Jenkins violated her pledge. And the organization removed Jenkins from its “Sworn Off Earmarks” list.
Ms. Jenkins is learning the hard way that you have to watch what kind of pledges you agree to, because every rule has an exception. We will have to wait and see if she will regret ever having signed that pledge.
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