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Once Derided As Graft, Earmarks Just Helped Congress Pass A Bipartisan Budget Deal

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Your Marks Are One of the Unintended Consequences of Getting Rid of Your Mark

There was a push by former senator john mc cane to eliminate ear marks. This is something that got largely buried by the fenal absolute onslaught of domestic and global news happening right now. But it's something we should absolutely be paying attention to, and something i personally will be digging through over the next couple of weeks.

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