Politico reports that Senator Bob Corker has decided not to request earmarks this year.

The web page where he previously listed his earmark requests for fiscal year 2011 now has a press release that says:

“I realize I am one junior senator in the minority, but given our country’s fiscal condition, I could not in good conscience keep my name next to any earmark requests this year,” said Corker. “It is not necessarily the overall cost of federal earmarks, which represents a very small portion of the overall budget, that poses a problem; it’s the process, which is fundamentally flawed and lacks oversight.”

Well, we were doing some oversight! But we’re fine not having to oversee Corker’s earmark requests.