Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Congress forgets ban on pet projects

WASHINGTON—Get out the trough, it's feeding time. Congress has decided that an election year is not the time to be giving up those campaign-donation producing "pork" projects bemoaned by both parties' presidential candidates. As lawmakers returned Monday from a two-week spring break, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quietly shelved the idea of a one-year moratorium on so-called earmarks...

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