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Pricey Pet Projects Thrive in Congress

Despite criticism, lawmakers stuff budgets with earmarks

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 21, 2007 10:29 AM CST

(Newser) – The earmark lives. Despite much public clamoring about lawmakers loading up budgets with expensive pet projects, not much changed this year: The domestic and defense budgets contain more than 11,000 such earmarks, the Washington Post reports. "It would take leadership in both parties—...   Read full story »

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