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Murtha Scandals Keep Eyes On Earmarks

Reform Bills Are Increasingly Winning Support From Democrats

by Eliza Newlin Carney
Monday, June 1, 2009


At a time when the federal budget tops $3 trillion, it's easy to see why some regard earmarks, which account for an estimated 1 percent of spending, as insignificant.

But calls on Capitol Hill to rein in earmark spending may ...


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