By Emelie Rutherford A top Senate Democrat announced yesterday a two-year ban on earmarks from spending bills, temporarily halting appropriations earmarks throughout Congress and further altering how defense firms seek to influence Congress. The action by Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) essentially ensures no earmarks will be inserted in the Pentagon's next appropriations bill, for fiscal year 2012; Republicans who control the House already declared a ban on such directed spending items. Inouye, a frequent earmarker, said yesterday…
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