House Republicans vow to not seek pork projects

 
BY CHRIS CASTEEL
Published: March 12, 2010

WASHINGTON — House Republicans agreed on Thursday not to request any special projects for their districts, the second move this week aimed at reforming the controversial earmark system in Congress.

Four of the five House members from Oklahoma are Republicans, and they typically receive tens of millions of dollars each in earmarks every year for schools, roads, hospitals and other entities in their districts.<...


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