The Club for Growth, with its 36,000 members, plans to score a "YES" vote as a pro-economic growth vote in our annual rating of Congress on the upcoming House vote for earmark reform (H.Res. 1000).

Wasteful spending in Washington has spiraled out of control over the last several years. Just in appropriations bills, money spent on pork projects has gone from "only" 4,326 earmarks worth $17.7 billion in 2000 to 13,997 projects worth $27.3 billion in 2005, according to Citizens Against Government Waste. And that doesn't include authorization bills like the 2005 Highway Bill, which included over 6,000 earmarks totaling a whopping $24 billion.

While the earmark reform resolution isn't a perfect solution to the egregious spending problem, it is a solid first step at shedding some light on the earmarking process, which is without oversight and accountability and is an enabling "currency of corruption" in Washington.

Our Congressional Scorecard for the 109th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to our members and to the public.