I mentioned yesterday that Senate conservatives were pushing hard for the Senate not to pass any pork-laden appropriations bills over the last few weeks of GOP control. The push is in part on principle and in part to send a signal to the base that “we get it.” But now, a source from the hill sends out this message about a secret appropriations committee meeting today in the Senate:

Our understanding is that the GOP appropriations “cardinals” are split on whether or not to abandon their quest for earmarks this or year to move forward as if last week’s election never happened.According to our source, approximately half of the Senate GOP cardinals favored a “continuing resolution” to provide government funding for the remainder of this year. Under a continuing resolution, no new earmarks would receive federal funding. However, a number of other Senate GOP cardinals wanted to move forward with individual appropriations bills to ensure that their earmarks would receive funding as soon as possible.

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