Republicans Withdraw Earmarks Amendment: Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who was promoting an amendment to House GOP rules that would have made it easier to use earmarks, has withdrawn his idea after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) bluntly stated his opposition. Young’s amendment would have allowed earmarks if the recipient of the earmark was a unit of local government.
A source close to Boehner said that Young’s amendment would have created "a gaping loophole" to the ban on earmarks:
At the end of the day, he declined to offer it because of the clear opposition in the room. Prior to Young pulling the amendment, the Speaker had let it be known that he opposed the amendment and would ask for its defeat if offered.
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