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Jim Inhofe: That is 3 percent, it doesn't make any difference, people think it is 90 percent.

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
That is 3 percent, it doesn't make any difference, people think it is 90 percent.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses public perception of earmarks versus actual spending.

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