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GOP Plans a ‘Butcher Shop’ to Chop Earmarks

By Paul Singer and John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 11, 2007, Midnight

With House Democratic leaders poised to introduce and pass a massive appropriations bill today covering funding for nearly every federal agency, Republican staffers and outside interest groups prepared for a frenetic race to figure out what is in the bill before it gets to the president’s desk.

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