releases: https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/update-in-secret-meeting-us-house-republicans-nearly-approve-then_withdraw-plan-to-bring-back-earmarks-for-politicians-pet-projects
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| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/update-in-secret-meeting-us-house-republicans-nearly-approve-then_withdraw-plan-to-bring-back-earmarks-for-politicians-pet-projects | UPDATE: In Secret Meeting, U.S. House Republicans Nearly Approve, Then Withdraw, Plan to Bring Back Earmarks for Politicians’ Pet Projects | 2016-11-16 | 2016 | 2016-11 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | UPDATE: In Secret Meeting, U.S. House Republicans Nearly Approve, Then Withdraw, Plan to Bring Back Earmarks for Politicians’ Pet Projects McCaskill: ‘This doesn’t look much like draining the swamp’ Wednesday, November 16, 2016 WASHINGTON – Hours after being called out publicly by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill and members of the media, U.S. House Republicans nearly approved—then withdrew for further consideration next year—a plan to bring back congressional earmarks in a closed-door meeting, according to reports. McCaskill, the Senate’s leading Democratic opponent of earmarks who had called on Missouri’s U.S. House delegation and all House Republicans to reject such a vote, released the following statement: “This doesn’t look much like ‘draining the swamp.’ Every Republican in the U.S. House should have to answer for why they thought this was a good idea in the first place.” Further details on today’s developments are available in McCaskill’s earlier press release, here. ### Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |