Senate GOP votes to keep earmark ban By Susan Ferrechio FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint January 10, 2017 7:06 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint Senate Republicans on Tuesday voted to keep the earmark ban in place for the 115th Congress. Recommended Stories Democrats' blue-state failures are becoming a political problemTrump sees momentum in legal fights over National Guard deploymentsNorth Korea’s Kim touts ‘eternal and indestructible’ bond in birthday message to Putin According to Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., everyone supported the decision, which was voted on in a closed-door GOP meeting. TagsBill CassidyCongressEarmarksLawMinusextraSusan Ferrechio Related Content Immigration Noem warns Portland mayor she’ll flood city with feds if security demands go unmet Congressional Matt Van Epps wins GOP nomination to replace Mark Green in Congress Immigration Texas National Guard members stage outside Chicago as part of Trump troop deployment Entertainment Taylor Swift breaks silence on Super Bowl halftime rumors as Bad Bunny pick draws backlash House Johnson says Epstein files have ‘nothing to do’ with not swearing in Grijalva