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Republicans split on eve of vote to bring back earmarks


Republicans split on eve of vote to bring back earmarks
Emily Brooks
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Senate Republicans will vote Wednesday on whether to allow its members to embrace the return of revamped earmarks.
The return of pork, or a lean version of it, is exposing divisions among the 50 members of the minority party.
Fifteen Senate Republicans, including Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and Marco Rubio of Florida, signed a letter on Monday pledging to vote against repealing the conference s earmarks ban and not to participate in an inherently wasteful spending practice that is prone to serious abuse. ....

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Earmarks returning to Congress, where Maine's delegation has outsize influence in the right places


Earmarks returning to Congress, where Maine’s delegation has outsize influence in the right places
The member-driven spending initiatives, with guardrails in place, could fund critical projects in Maine.
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Earmarks – member-requested funding initiatives – are returning to Congress after a decadelong ban, giving Maine nonprofits, municipalities, counties and state government a chance to ask their representatives for federal funding for specific projects.
Maine’s senior members in each chamber have influential positions on the appropriations committees, where the final decisions will be made on which of the projects submitted by members are funded. Rep. Chellie Pingree chairs the House subcommittee that controls the purse strings for the Environmental Protection Agency and most Interior Department agencies. Sen. Susan Collins is the ranking Republican on the Senate subcommittee that appropriates funds for the departments of Transportation and Housing and ....

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