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Will McCain Vote For An Alaska-Friendly Earmark In The Senate Bailout Bill?
thinkprogress.org - 10/1/2008
Will McCain Vote For An Alaska-Friendly Earmark In The Senate Bailout Bill?
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In an effort to garner more support for the Wall Street bailout bill, the Senate added “ tax extenders ” to its bill. One of the additions — which some conservatives are labeling “ pork ” and “tax earmarks” — is a six-page measure protecting ...

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Remainders: Extra-crispy
Jonathan Martin's Blog — The Des Moines Register praises McCain’s terse interview performance as “crisp and deliberate.” Mike Murphy wonders: why was McCain in Des Moines, anyway? Kathleen Parker’s out of the club! More swing-state polls trickle out, also showing Obama mo. Think Progress wonders if McCain will support an earmark in the bailout bill going to a certain state close to Russia. David Brody reports the Christian Defense Coalition’s praying for Palin’s debate ...

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thinkprogress.org 10/2/2008 — Last night, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) voted in favor of the $700 billion financial bailout bill, saying we “square in the greatest financial crisis of our lifetimes” and that he was “ pleased ” to be voting for the bill. McCain ...
Flashback: On Sept. 23, McCain said a bailout bill with earmarks would be ‘unacceptable.’
thinkprogress.org 10/2/2008 — This afternoon on CNN, Wolf Blitzer replayed a portion of Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) speech from Sept. 23 announcing the conditions under which he would support a bailout package. McCain said that a bill with “ any kind of earmarks ” ...