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Ban on them but some lawmakers don t agree on exactly what an earmark means. senator john mccain, a long time foe of earmarks defined it as something slipped into a bill in the dead of night and never scrutinized or voted on by lawmakers and senator mccaskill agrees. what an earmark is, it s the prerogative senators have to unilaterally decide what projects are funded. it s an arbitrary system, it s not there s no process of merit assessment going on. it s just one senator s judgment that this is something i want to fund. reporter: but the current ban goes much further than that, banning any congressional directive spending item, no matter how worthy, no matter how many lawmakers think it s a good idea, no matter if it has bipartisan support, which is why many democrats and republicans opposed a broad ban for fear it puts power to the president who submits a budget full of spending ....