Earmarks Still Pose Challenge

Panel Scrubs Lands Measure

By Paul Singer
Roll Call Staff

February 4, 2008, 7:58 p.m.

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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