Appropriations Lobbyists Worried

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff

Jan. 29, 2008, 12 a.m.

Though House Republicans’ tough talk on earmark reforms may turn out to be more noise than substance, that’s little consolation to the city’s appropriations lobbyists. The uncertainty about the number of earmarks and their size has them bracing for a difficult year.

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