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Earmarks could be on their way back in Congress

By Susan Ferrechio
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Earmarks could be on their way back in Congress

The earmark, banished by House Republicans in 2011, could be making a comeback.

A GOP lawmaker is proposing a change in the House rules next year that would revive congressional line-item spending, known as earmarks, but only for water resource development projects of the Army Corps of Engineers.

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