“Fifteen Senate Republicans on Monday pledged to uphold their party’s decadelong ban on earmarks, drawing a battle line days before the GOP is set to vote on whether to reinstate the spending practice,” Politico reports.
15 Senate Republicans Vow to Oppose Earmarks
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