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Israel Won’t Wait for New Earmark Rules to Take Hold

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
March 12, 2009, 10:54 a.m.

Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) is taking earmark reforms announced by House leaders yesterday a step further — he said he will not seek any earmarks for for-profit companies until the new reforms are implemented and proven effective.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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