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GOP Leader Reaps $200 Million on earmarks

By Disillusioned,  Newser User

Posted Nov 23, 2010 9:59 PM CST

(User Submitted) – The Senate Republicans ban on earmarks money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest was short-lived.Only three days after GOP senators and senators-elect renounced earmarks, Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican, got himself a whopping $200 million to settle an Arizona Indian tribe's water rights claim against the government. Read the full article.

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