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Senate GOP opens door to earmarks


“I think we’re very unenthusiastic. There may be some Republicans interested in that sort of what’s called congressionally directed spending. It doesn’t enjoy much support among Republicans,” McConnell said. 
McConnell was previously a proponent of earmarks but warned that, speaking for the entire caucus, there was now broad opposition.
An effort by Senate Republicans to request earmarks would likely draw fierce pushback from conservative senators. Dozens of congressional Republicans sent a letter last month to top Democrats on the House and Senate appropriations committees urging them against bringing back earmarks, saying that earmarks had been “rejected as corruptive and wasteful” and that it would be a “grave mistake.”  ....

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