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Ricky Nobile — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:01:30 +0000

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Earmark moratorium could impact railroad project

Associated Press — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:20:31 +0000

PASCAGOULA — The Rail Authority of East Mississippi has $1 million in a congressional appropriation for the proposed rail link from Waynesboro to Lucedale, but there is a problem, according to the authority’s executive director. “This would be one of those nasty old ‘earmarks’ that everybody talks about that really aren’t as bad as people [...]

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LaForge issues statement on earkmark debate

Ross Reily — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:34:19 +0000

Cleveland native Bill LaForge, a past national president of the Federal Bar Association, has issued a statement on the topic of earmarks that has become a national issue and rallying cry in the recent national elections. LaForge calls the efforts to eliminate earmarks as “shortsighted”, giving all of the budgeting power to the executive branch. [...]

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Wicker, Cochran vote against earmarks

Wally Northway — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:26:27 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) have thrown their support to a resolution in the Republican Conference to place a moratorium on earmarks in the 112th Congress. “I will vote for the proposed moratorium on earmarks,” Wicker said. “During my time in public service, I have made it a priority [...]

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Cochran opposes earmark moratorium

Wally Northway — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:23:42 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has come out strongly against a proposal that he says would effectively impose a moratorium on how Congress uses earmarks to appropriate funding for programs and projects within the federal government. The Senate on Tuesday voted with Cochran (68-29) to table an [...]

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Lawmakers vow to end corporate earmarks

Associated Press — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:46:36 +0000

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders announced today that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to for-profit companies that often return the favor with campaign contributions. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., told reporters that he hopes the step will mean 1,000 fewer earmarks and break [...]

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