Toomey: Earmarks Have Been Used As Currency To Buy Votes

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 4:31PM

Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduce legislation that would permanently eliminate earmarks.

Toomey says that earmarks became a currency that members could use to buy votes. (0:18)

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