The Pork’s On You
By | Friday, March 14th, 2008 | Catch-All

Sen. Jim DeMint’s amendment to ban earmarks for a year came crashing down on a 71-29 vote last night. How did Virginia’s Senators vote?

Both John Warner and Jim Webb voted against the moratorium, showing that political pork remains their favorite white meat.


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Norman Leahy

Norm Leahy has written about Virginia and national politics online since 2002, beginning with One Man's Trash (OMT), and continuing through Bacon's Rebellion (both the blog and the e-zine), Sic Semper Tyrannis, NBC12's Decision Virginia, Richmond.com and Tertium Quids. He is the chief blogger at "The Score" and a producer of "The Score" radio show as well as being a Washington Post contributor.

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