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Military Spending Will Thwart Earmark Ban, Experts Predict

The F-35 alternative engine raises a question that experts say will be central to the earmarks ban battle: What is an earmark?

“It is hard to specifically define what is and what is not an earmark, so the working definition they come up with will be important,” Harrison said. While some call lawmakers keeping alive a program the Pentagon does not want earmarking, “others could call it a legitimate policy disagreement with the Pentagon.”