House bans earmarks to for-profit companies - washingtonpost.com
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 8:47am — Mike
Democrats made the move to bar earmarks for for-profit entities despite fierce resistance from many rank-and-file lawmakers who rely on them to spread federal money around their districts and consider them crucial to their political fortunes.
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