共和党提议禁止＂猪耳朵＂，但是被参议院的民主党被封杀了
＂猪耳朵＂是国会议员在议会法案中塞进的＂私房货＂，为了给自己竞选谋利的＂夹带＂条件，大大增加了国会法案的支出，造成大量的预算赤字。
Senate Rejects GOP Proposal to Ban Earmarks
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has rejected a GOP bid to ban the practice of larding spending bills with earmarks -- those pet projects that lawmakers love to send home to their states.
Democrats and a handful of Republicans combined to defeat the effort, which would have effectively forbidden the Senate from considering legislation containing earmarks like road and bridge projects, community development funding , grants to local police departments and special-interest tax breaks.
Earlier this month, Republicans bowed to tea party activists and passed a party resolution declaring GOP senators would give up earmarks. House Republicans have also given up the practice, but most Democrats say the earmarks are a legitimate way to direct taxpayer money to their constituents.
