On November 30, 2010, the Senate voted down a proposed earmark moratorium in a 39-56 vote. Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) amendment #4697 to S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, would have enforced an immediate binding earmark moratorium to last through fiscal year 2013 and created a rule to allow members to raise points [...]

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