With ban, GOP calls duel on earmarks
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| In a move to break with the GOP's big-spending past, House Republicans voted Thursday to ban their members this year from requesting earmarks, the pork-barrel spending that directs money to pet projects in home districts. The Republicans, who passed ... |
Both sides of House crimp earmarks
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| WASHINGTON - In an election-year appeal to voters frustrated with Washington, House Republicans promised Thursday not to stuff any of this year's spending bills with pet projects for their districts. ... |
House GOP bans earmarks for members
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 | In a move to break with Republicans' big-spending past, House Republicans voted Thursday to ban their members this year from requesting earmarks, or pork-barrel spending projects. House Republicans, who passed the moratorium by voice vote in a closed ... |
Lost tweak-end all that's left for GOP
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| WASHINGTON -- Essen tially powerless to stop the Democratic health-care plan from getting rammed through Congress, the Republicans have settled on a strategy of making little fixes where they can and causing enormous discomfort for vulnerable Democra ... |
House Republicans Announce Election-Year Earmark Moratorium
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| House Republicans announced they will not request any so-called earmarks in an election-year attempt to outdo Democrats in clamping down on the practice of adding money for pet projects to legislation. ... |
House Republicans announce they won't seek earmarks
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| House Republicans announced they won't request any so-called earmarks in an election-year attempt to outdo Democrats in clamping down on the practice of adding money for pet projects to legislation. ... |
House Republicans promise to give up earmarks for one year
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| Republicans seeking to regain control of the House say they will stop stuffing spending bills with pet projects for their districts. ... |
House Republicans promise to give up earmarks for one year
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| In an election-year appeal to voters frustrated with Washington, House Republicans promised Thursday not to stuff any of this year's spending bills with pet projects for their districts. ... |
House GOP adopts earmark moratorium (AP)
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| AP - In an election-year appeal to voters frustrated with Washington, House Republicans promised Thursday not to stuff any of this year's spending bills with pet projects for their districts. ... |
House Republicans, besting Democrats, will ban all earmarks
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| House Republicans said Thursday they will adopt a unilateral, one-year ban on funding requests for all member projects, or earmarks. House Democrats put forward a partial ban the day before. ... |
House Republicans Eschew Election-Year Earmarks in Bid to Outdo Democrats
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| House Republicans announced they will not request any so-called earmarks in an election-year attempt to outdo Democrats in clamping down on the practice of adding money for pet projects to legislation. ... |
House GOP adopts earmark moratorium
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| Republicans seeking to regain control of the House say they will stop stuffing spending bills with pet projects for their districts. ... |
House GOP, Dems try to end 'earmarks'
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| WASHINGTON - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts. ... |
House Republican Leaders Press for Earmark Moratorium
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 | 'The time has come for House Republicans to adopt an immediate, unilateral moratorium on all earmarks,' said Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and nine other GOP leaders in a joint statement Wednesday evening. In the Senate, however, the old guard ... |
House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium (AP)
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 | AP - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts. ... |
House GOP Leaders Press Earmark Moratorium
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 | Democrats ban earmarks to for-profit companies as GOP leaders urge complete moratorium ... |
House Democrats ban earmarks to corporations
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| House Democratic leaders have announced that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to for-profit companies that often return the favor with campaign contributions. The announcement comes as t ... |
