Democrats’ Pledge to End Individual Financing of Pet Projects« Thread Started on Dec 23, 2006, 11:38am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats’ Pledge to End Individual Financing of Pet ProjectsBy DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKPublished: December 23, 2006WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 — The Democrats taking over the Congressional appropriations committees next year have boldly pledged to place a moratorium on earmarks, the pet spending items that individual lawmakers insert into major spending bills behind the scenes.read at source> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/washi ... marks.html