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11-16-2010, 09:23 AM #1
Tea Party Win - GOP AGREES TO BAN PORK BARREL EARMARKS
The Hill
J. Taylor Rushing
GOP Senate leader McConnell backs down, agrees to earmark ban
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) announced Monday that he would join a GOP effort to ban congressional earmarks, a stunning turnaround that reflects a huge victory for the Tea Party movement.
A senior member of the Appropriations Committee, McConnell has been one of the Senate’s strongest proponents of local pork, but watched the practice fall into disfavor amid growing public anger over Washington spending that fueled GOP victories in this month’s midterm election.
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