BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator is making no apologies for supporting earmarks.
Dick Durbin is a Springfield Democrat and the Senate Majority Whip. He’s facing GOP state Sen. Jim Oberweis in a re-election bid. Durbin told attendees at a forum in Bloomington Wednesday coordinated by the Illinois Farm Bureau that he feels earmarks — funds Congress appropriates for specific purposes — have helped agriculture in Illinois. Durbin is facing GOP state Sen. Jim Oberweis in his bid for re-election. Oberweis opposes earmarks.
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