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Jim Inhofe: The earmarks, if you total them up, are less than 1 percent of the $410 billion, so we're not talking about a huge…

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
The earmarks, if you total them up, are less than 1 percent of the $410 billion, so we're not talking about a huge amount.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Senator Inhofe defends the inclusion of earmarks in a spending bill.

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