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Candidates Run the Gamut on Earmarks

Clinton in top 10; Obama near bottom; McCain has none

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 15, 2008 2:08 PM CST

(Newser) – This year’s presidential frontrunners represent a wide array of stances on congressional earmarking—a term for garnering funds for home-state pork, reports the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton is one of the Senate’s biggest earmark recipients, Barack Obama is in the bottom quarter, and... Read full story »

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