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House GOP tightens up on earmarks
House Republicans this week unveiled a new set of rules aimed at tightening up on community project funding, better known as earmarks, as the party looks for ways to reduce discretionary spending amid debt limit talks. The guidelines made public on Tuesday evening by the House Appropriations Committee, led by Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas), include plans to restrict earmarks spending in House appropriations bills from exceeding “one half of one percent of discretionary spending,” down from the one percent threshold set under the previous Congress. The rules also include a crackdown on projects named for individuals or entities, with a ban on such funding for memorials, museums, and comme

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