The Republican-led House is being somewhat overshadowed by the nomination fights engulfing its Senate counterpart. But on the GOP side of the aisle, one of the issues that will start heating up in the coming weeks is the debate about bringing back earmarks.

The House Rules Committee will hold a series of hearings before making a decision about whether and how to soften the current earmark ban.

Rules Chairman Pete Sessions said members are frustrated by the House’s lack of control over spending priorities because of the earmark ban, noting that it’s approximately $18 billion of appropriated funds that the administration gets to decide how to spend instead of Congress.

“The president of the United States made decisions, including some, excluding others, and I don’t think it worked in the best interest,” the Texas Republican said.

It will be up to the Rules Committee to come up with a better process, Sessions said. But first, the panel will soon schedule a series of hearings to get a variety of perspectives.