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Rep. Jared Polis fails to kill House GOP’s ‘zombie earmarks’
During debate over legislation to extend federal highway funding, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) accused House Republicans of bringing wasteful earmarks back from the dead. “Usually when something is killed, it stays dead,” he said. “But just like a zombie movie some earmarks refuse to die and return to life as…
Conservative Math
Cutting $5 billion in earmarks is vital to our nation. Cutting three times that amount is a total joke, worthy of absolute derision and scorn. And they wonder why we’re nervous about homeschooling.…
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