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Republicans Back on Earmark Train

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
April 22, 2009, Midnight

Earmark requests are back on the table for eight House Republicans who had sworn off the so-called pork last year, including the chairwoman of the GOP’s earmark reform task force.

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