Earmark Plan Unsettled

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

January 23, 2008

Despite mounting pressure from conservatives on Capitol Hill and within the Bush administration to take a firm stand against Congressional earmarking, the White House remained split over how best to handle the situation, with neither anti-earmark forces nor supporters of the controversial practice appearing to gain any ground Tuesday, House and Senate Republicans said.

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