Coburn: Earmark-Supporting Republicans Should Worry About Primary Challengers

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The proposed earmark moratorium that the Republican Senate caucus will vote on tomorrow has pitted Oklahoma’s two conservative senators against one another. “Republicans can send a signal that they get it,” earmark opponent Coburn tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD. “Or they can send a signal that they continue to not get it and say they’re not going to change. And if they do that, they’re going to pay for it at the ballot box.”

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