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Published 3/6/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - A long-delayed omnibus spending bill appeared poised to clear Congress Thursday night, but days of testy Senate debate left President Barack Obama under pressure to better spell out his policy toward earmarks, either in the form of tighter caps or singling out individual projects to be denied funding.
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