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Claire McCaskill: Clearly there is some 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' that goes on with the earmarking process.

On the recordJanuary 20, 2009
Clearly there is some 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' that goes on with the earmarking process.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill criticizes the complexity and issues with earmarking in transportation funding.

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