The following Republicans voted in opposition of banning earmarks.........please keep their names in mind as just because the (R) id after the name does not mean all is well.
The eight Republicans in opposition were Sens. Bob Bennett of Utah, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Susan Collins of Maine, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Dick Lugar of Indiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Richard Shelby of Alabama and George Voinovich of Ohio. Bennett, Cochran, Murkowski, Shelby and Voinovich all serve on the Appropriations Committee.
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