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Internal Senate Republican Earmark War Renews Government Shutdown Threat

An internal Senate Republican war over earmarks in the government funding package is creating a new threat of a government shutdown Saturday, and it threatens to spill over into the race to replace outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).

Conservatives began waging their offensive against the bill Sunday, and on Thursday they pushed a resolution to condemn earmarks and reaffirm the earmark ban that reigned in Congress for 10 years.

They also demanded a vote on an amendment sponsored by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to strip all of the earmarks from the bill, which total more than 6,000 and cost more than $12 billion.

Read the source article at The Hill

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