Senate votes to sink earmarks moratorium

WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch joined a majority of their colleagues late Thursday to vote down a one-year moratorium on earmarks. The proposed ban on any earmarks in the fiscal year 2009 budget failed on a vote of 29-71 during a late session Thursday night.

[as despicable as this arrogance is, the much sadder critique is that the 18 billion dollars in earmarks last year is virtually mice nuts in the context of a (now) 3 trillion $ budget. Washington's spending can ruin this country]

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