Thursday November 20th 2008

Parnell gets heat for apparent change of stance on earmarks

August 14th, 2008

Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Sean Parnell has come under fire from his opponents in recent days for appearing to flip flop on the use of congressional earmarks to fund Alaska projects.

The rest of the House field – Republican Gabrielle LeDoux and Democrats Diane Benson and Ethan Berkowitz – have said the use of earmarks is appropriate if fully vetted and done in a public manner. They have not, however, made earmarking the central issue of their campaigns as Parnell has.

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