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“House Republicans are returning to the fiscally conservative roots that first launched us into the majority in the 1990s. Meanwhile, the Democratic leadership appears intent on repeating the same mistakes that helped bring our majority to an end. Fixing the earmark process and using the power of public scrutiny to stop wasteful pork-barrel spending is essential if we are to restore the bonds of trust between the American people and their elected leaders.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has attached hate crimes legislation to a massive Pentagon spending bill....because that is exactly what belongs in a defense appropriation.
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