Once again, The House vote on the Norman earmarks amendment laid bare a growing pattern of Republican defections that effectively hand Democrats control of the chamber on key issues. Seventy-six House Republicans joined every Democrat to preserve earmarks—clearing the way for taxpayer funding of abortions, gender procedures on minors, DEI activism, and partisan pork projects—despite the GOP’s own 2011 ban on earmarks. In a separate vote, 81 Republicans again aligned with Democrats to fund the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a group critics say promotes censorship abroad; had Republicans voted as a bloc, NED would have been defunded. Time after time, Democrats vote 100% in lockstep, while a third of Republicans defect, creating a de facto Democratic majority.partisan pet projects.
Once again, Democrats
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