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Louise Slaughter: “What this measure does is absolutely guarantee that any earmark in a conference report that has not been passed in the…”

On the recordJune 18, 2007
What this measure does is absolutely guarantee that any earmark in a conference report that has not been passed in the House will be subject to a point of order even though the Rules Committee may have protected against all points of order.
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Louise Slaughter
New York

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Discussing the implications of a measure related to earmarks in conference reports.

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