Earmarks Still Pose Challenge
Panel Scrubs Lands Measure
Roll Call Staff
Despite the passage of new earmark rules in the House and Senate last year, the definition of what an earmark is and what disclosure is required remains a moving target. As a consequence, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is scrambling to generate earmark disclosure documentation for more than a dozen legislative provisions that were not declared earmarks when they were passed by the House last year.
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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill
July 1, 11:28 a.m.
Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article
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