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The Rose Garden: Earmarks Won’t Spur Appropriations Vetoes

By Keith Koffler
Roll Call Staff
June 8, 2009, Midnight

As the appropriations season gets under way, Congress is in control when it comes to preserving its ability to write earmarks, despite President Barack Obama’s vow to limit the practice.

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