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House GOP to vote on bringing back earmarks
House GOP to vote on bringing back earmarksBY MEGAN R. WILSON at the Hill
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/306049-house-gop-to-vote-on-bringing-back-earmarks
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Three GOP congressmen have issued an amendment to the House Republican Conference rules that would overturn the ban on earmarks.
The amendment is drawing swift opposition from conservative groups like Heritage Action for America, which called pet project spending “the lubricant that empowers politicians to cut bad deals.”
Republican Reps. John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Tom Rooney of Florida filed the amendment, which will be voted on through a secret ballot during the GOP leadership elections.
The amendment chips away at the earmark ban instituted by House Republicans in 2011 —later adopted by the full chamber — and would “restore Congress’s constitutional duty and allow the more effective use of the power of the purse in a way that is transparent and responsible,” according to a copy of the amendment obtained by The Hill.
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