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Posted December 29. 2012 12:18PM

Fish aid dollars in limbo as Ayotte only N.E. coastal senator voting to delete pork

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An amendment to strike non-Sandy related spending from the supplemental appropriation bill was defeated 60-35. Among New England senators from New England coastal states, only Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, voted to delete the non-Sandy spending, including the fisheries disaster funding from the bill.


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