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As Senate Republicans move to approve a two-year ban on earmarks, Sen. Tom Coburn is part of a bipartisan duo expected to challenge the move and will invite the full chamber to follow their lead.

House Democratic leaders have announced that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct ...

The president, who is about to sign a bill containing earmarks, says legislators should post the spending provisions on their websites and that each earmark should be scrutinized at a public hearing. President Barack Obama spoke against the evils of earmarks today, even as he prepared to sign a massive spending bill loaded with them.