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Article: Arkansas GOP: Senator Lincoln More Concerned with Hollywood Earmarks than Making a Difference in the Lives of Arkansans
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- February 4, 2009
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The Arkansas Republican Party issued the following news release:
Statement by RPA Chairman Doyle Webb: Senator Lincoln More Concerned with Hollywood Earmarks than Making a Difference in the Lives of Arkansans "Yesterday, Sen. Blanche Lincoln voted against an amendment that would strike the 'Hollywood Earmark' in the current stimulus bill being debated by the U.S. Senate. This outrageous earmark, which would allow big Hollywood studios to write off 50 percent of the cost of movie production equipment, amounts to a quarter of a billion dollars in special tax breaks over the next 11 years. Considering Senator Lincoln took over $67,000 from the entertainment industry during her 2004 campaign, ...