(H.R. 3081) On the Flake of Arizona amendment, which would have eliminated an $8 million special educational, professional, and cultural exchange grants program
house Roll Call 522
Jul 09, 2009
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This was a vote on am amendment offered by Rep. Flake (R-AZ) to the bill providing fiscal year 2010 funding for the State Department and its foreign operations. The amendment would have eliminated a one-time $8 million special educational, professional, and cultural exchange grants program from the bill. Rep. Flake had been a leading opponent of “earmarks in spending bills. An earmark is a project that benefits only a specific constituency or geographic area, which is inserted into a spending bill by an individual Member. He noted that the report accompanying H.R. 3081 said there were no earmarks in the bill. Flake referenced this grant program and said “I would have to disagree.” |
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