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Specter Mulls Labor-HHS Without Earmarks

By Emily Pierce and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 24, 2006, Midnight

Facing an FBI investigation of his top staff and scrutiny of his own financial records, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he currently is weighing “the pros and cons” of whether to eliminate earmarks entirely from the annual Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies spending measure.

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