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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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Introduction

The senate voted thursday night to approve a massive spending pack. It includes one point five trillion dollars in funding to keep the federal government open. There is another thing that is kind of unique in recent history in thisa big spending bill, and it is this thing called ear marks. We hat lots to talk about when it comes to critters as spring starts.

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