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Waters Tries to Rally Colleagues’ Support in Fight Over Earmark

  • By Tory Newmyer
  • Roll Call Staff
  • June 26, 2009, 1:02 p.m.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is trying to rally colleagues to her side in her fight with Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) over an earmark request — a scrap that turned physical on the House floor Thursday night.

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