Senate Republicans face looming backlash from conservatives on earmarks

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The honeymoon is over for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his GOP colleagues.

Less than two weeks after Election Day, conservatives are turning up the heat on establishment Republicans to support a two-year timeout from earmarks.

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