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Republicans plot a comeback for earmarks – with a twist
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHouse Republicans are trying to pull off a seemingly impossible feat: Making the vilified practice...
It happened again: These 20 House members, mostly Republican, voted against millions in funding for...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRep. Clay Higgins, seen here with other House Republicans, voted against a bill containing $2.3...
House GOP tightens up on earmarks
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHouse Republicans this week unveiled a new set of rules aimed at tightening community project funding — better known as earmarks — as the party looks for...
House GOP’s ‘discriminatory’ funding change draws ire of Democrats, nonprofits
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDemocratic lawmakers and advocacy groups are coming out against a new announcement by House...
Internal Senate GOP earmark war renews shutdown threat
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn internal Senate Republican war over earmarks in the government funding package is creating a new...
Fact check: Here’s what was true, false and almost true at the California Senate debate
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe debate between four candidates vying for a California U.S. Senate seat heated up fast and never...
House, Senate vote 'yes' on $200 taxpayer refunds, support services
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe House and Senate inked a compromise on $200 refunds for Hoosier taxpayers and they earmarked...
The attempt to end earmarks was a political ploy. Here’s why Republicans stopped it
Idaho Statesman McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoThis week House Republicans defeated a misguided amendment to conference rules that would have...
House Democrats' campaign arm to air ads to help their own chairman
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is spending $605,000 on an ad buy in New York's 17th...
As more Republicans embrace congressional earmarks, North Idaho remains an exception
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 1—WASHINGTON — Two years after congressional Democrats ended a decadelong moratorium on earmarks, a growing number of the Republicans who now control the House have embraced the revamped ...
