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Southern conservatives like their pork
The Swampby Frank James Taxpayers for Common Sense has e-mailed reporters its database of earmarks in the omnibus $420 billion spending bill currently being debated in the Senate and here's one conclusion to draw from it: Republican senators from the South......Tags: Government, Parliament, Politics, Louisiana, Mary L. Landrieu
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Earmarks aren't 'wicked, evil, criminal, wrong'
The Swampby Frank James The debate over earmarks will probably not end until the last day of the Republic, which we hope isn't anytime soon, despite what that Russian "expert" says. The debate sprang to life again because the $410 billion......Tags: John McCain, Government, Parliament, Chicago Transit Authority, New York
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Conflicts of interest make impartial probe difficult
Chicago Tribune Washington BureauThe political and financial reach of Enron Corp. has exposed so many conflicts of interest among U.S. prosecutors, lawmakers and administration officials that the government is struggling to launch its investigation of the company whose spectacular...Tags: Alaska, Prosecution, Judges, Texas, Ted Stevens
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Election 2002: State-by-State Results
Here are the results of elections around the nation Tuesday. Not all returns were available at press time. ALABAMA Governor: Democratic Gov. Donald Siegelman won reelection over Republican Rep. Bob Riley. Senate: Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions held...Tags: Rick Larsen, Rod Blagojevich, North Dakota, Constitutional Issues, John Kerry
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