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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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From: Kenneth E. Phillipps11/24/2010 4:23:33 PM
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Jon Kyl Slips $200 Million Past Tea Party Earmark Ban

According to the Associated Press, the much-vaunted Republican ban on earmarks lasted all of 72 hours. That is correct—it took just three days after the ban was announced for GOP Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the number two Republican in the chamber, to slip a $200 million earmark for a water project for his state into a $5 billion measure that passed the Senate.

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