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Ryan: Tiberi, Mulvaney Working To Craft MTB That Will Clear Earmark Rule

September 30, 2015 at 8:32 PM
House Ways & Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Wednesday (Sept. 30) said two fellow House Republican lawmakers are working to craft a miscellaneous tariff bill (MTB) compromise that will not run afoul of the party's ban on earmarks, but signaled that this may not be part of the pending customs bill package. “I see these as taxes not as earmarks. But because there aren't many that benefit from [the MTB tariff suspensions], there's an issue with our earmark rules...

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