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Crossing to GOP’s right, Obama calls for earmark reform, three-year spending freeze
It’s a signature Republican issue, even though it doesn’t have much effect on the budget: earmark spending in Congress, which the GOP-led tea parties demanded their representatives end. Within days of the elections, Republican leaders were already backtracking on promises to ban earmarks, placing the onus on President Obama to…
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