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Coburn among six Senators not signing up for Earmarks
Associated Press
June 15, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) - Just 6 of the 100 members of the US Senate did not ask for the often-criticized "earmarks" that would provide money for items such as road or libraries in their home states.
Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is 1 of the six.
Coburn has often been a vocal critic of earmarks.
The Senate Appropriations Committee's Web site says 94 Senators turned in requests this spring for earmarks in spending bills for the fiscal year that begins October first.
The specifics won't be known until the bills are made public.
Others who didn't sign up are Republicans John McCain and Jim DeMint and Democrats Jay Rockefeller, Clair McCaskill and Russ Feingold.
Article link: http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6665018
Senator Tom Coburn
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2254 Fax: 202-228-3796
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