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Sam Graves: “The problem is that we have an earmark ban now, and we can't figure out how to pass a bill that is a project bill that…”

On the recordAugust 20, 2013
The problem is that we have an earmark ban now, and we can't figure out how to pass a bill that is a project bill that we can't have projects in.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

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Graves highlights challenges in passing project bills due to current earmark restrictions.

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