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WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday his administration will outline a series of changes that would clamp down on the common Capitol Hill practice of slipping pet projects into spending bills.
These projects, called earmarks, are spending provisions that often are put into bills at the last minute, so they never get debated or discussed, Bush said in his weekly radio address.See the full content of this document
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Bush Vows to Tackle Earmarks
"It is not surprising that this often leads to unnecessary federal spending, such as a swimming pool or a teapot museum tuck...
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