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House Leaders Near Agreement on Managing Earmarks in Spending Bills
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jun 14, 2007 12:46am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, June 14, 2007 06:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 14, 2007; Page A13
House leaders moved toward a tentative agreement last night on allowing votes on "earmarks" attached to upcoming annual spending bills, potentially ending a Republican-led floor protest over the handling of pet spending projects that had brought voting on the bills to a standstill.
The deal would allow the first two spending bills, for homeland security and for military construction and veterans affairs , to pass the House this week without any earmarks in their texts. Earmarks would be added later, as Democrats originally planned, before the bills enter conference, in which they are reconciled with their Senate versions.
The subsequent 10 bills would include all earmarks when they arrive on the House floor, subjecting them to open debate. Under the Democrats' new rules, that debate would be more meaningful because lawmakers' names for the first time would be attached to the earmarks. |
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