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Tom Harkin: I have always been a very strong proponent of what has been called earmarks.

On the recordFebruary 4, 2011
I have always been a very strong proponent of what has been called earmarks.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin supports earmarks as a constitutional obligation of Congress.

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