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Jack Kingston supports earmark reform in public but in private is all in favor of earmarks (but he was wearing his lapel pin at the time).

An article in Friday’s The Hill says:

A House Republican leading efforts to reform the earmarking process has come under fire from House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) for privately telling him he supports earmarks.

Obey said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who has sponsored legislation that would ban earmarks this year, privately told him he was in favor of earmarks.

“You know, David, I am really for earmarks,” Obey said Kingston told him.

“I said, ‘Yes, Jack, I do know,’” said Obey, who added that Kingston made numerous requests for earmarks last year to the appropriations panel.

Kingston confirmed the conversation, but said it reflected his beliefs about reforming the appropriations process.

“What I have told David privately and what I have said publicly is the same thing. I have been very upfront,” said Kingston in a phone interview with The Hill.

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