(CNN) – Mitt Romney’s jumping into the battle over earmarks.
The former Massachusetts governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Monday announced that he’s launching an on-line petition supporting Sen. Jim DeMint’s push to ban legislative earmarks. Romney, who is considering a bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, is launching the petition through “Free and Strong America PAC,” his political action committee.
“Senator DeMint is courageously standing on conviction with his much-needed proposal to ban earmarks, which will curb wasteful spending and restore accountability to the way Congress spends taxpayer dollars,” says Romney, in an email to supporters. “We all need to recognize that Washington can’t responsibly begin to address out-of-control debt and deficits until the practice of cramming earmarks into spending bills is stopped. While earmarks are not the only cause of our budget problems, they have come to symbolize what’s wrong with Washington.”
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