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Claire McCaskill: I think that there is in some instances a fiction that some of these earmarks are being competitively given out.

On the recordFebruary 1, 2010
I think that there is in some instances a fiction that some of these earmarks are being competitively given out.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill discusses transparency in earmark contracts.

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