Earmarks
Earmarks have a long and fraught history in Washington and were banned in 2011 after several high-profile corruption scandals.
GOP learns to love the pork.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
But some conservative groups aren't on board.
Could bringing back "earmarks" -- derided as pork barrel, insider spending just a few years ago -- be the unconventional solution for re-booting Congress? It just might be.