The new rule will be in force for all of 2011 and 2012.
Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Pitts, a longtime supporter of a ban on earmarks and one of only 11 House members who declined to request earmarks in 2007, issued the following statement:
"I'm extremely proud that our conference has taken this small but significant step toward restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington. Earmark spending may only make up a relatively small part of the federal budget, but it has played a big role in getting individual Members to support big-spending appropriations bills. Republicans will stop the favor factory in the 112th Congress, and focus on reducing the federal government to a sensible and sustainable level."
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