AM 1240 WJON » earmarks http://wjon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 14:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Franken Says He Won't Seek Earmarks This Year http://wjon.com/franken-says-he-wont-seek-earmarks-this-year/ http://wjon.com/franken-says-he-wont-seek-earmarks-this-year/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:43:25 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6846 Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota says he won't accept or submit earmark requests for spending bills this year. Franken's office made the announcement on Thursday, two days after Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye banned earmark requests for the next two years.

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