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	Renaming earmarks

n2sooners

6-14-2007 11:15 AM

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earmarks, spending, budget, congress, corruption, pork

n2sooners says:

"Why don't we just leave this room today forgetting the word 'earmark'?" suggested Pelosi. "This is a way for . . . members to come together, sometimes in a bipartisan way, to have the Congress of the United States determine some of what is in the appropriations bills instead of just leaving it up to the White House."

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7-29-2007 9:51 AM

docdoober

This woman scares the bejezees out of me. And she's in the Congress.

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