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As GOP rails against federal spending, its appetite for earmarks grows

Por: The Boston Globe Nation February 05, 2023

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WASHINGTON — In 2020, Representative Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, told C-SPAN that his constituents were not in favor of earmarks, so he wasn’t either.Two years later, he earmarked a total of $37.9 million in two separate spending bills for projects in his district.When House Republicans voted to place their own moratorium on earmarks in 2010, Representative Ken Calvert of California said the decision was a statement to Americans that... + full article



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