Will Senate Earmark Votes Spark a new Second Party?

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Not quite two dozen members of the U.S. Senate voted for either of Sen. Tom Coburn’s two modest amendments to the Water Resources and Development Act earlier today.

Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, voted more thantwo-to-one against the amendments, which essentially put the Senate on record favoring funding higher priority projects before lower priority projects.

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