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With all the scent of change in the air in Washington, D.C., there’s still an unpleasant aroma of business as usual in the nation’s capital. Despite all the talk about cutting spending and the profligacy of earmarks, the U. S. Senate refused last week to outlaw them. We don’t pretend to say banning earmarks would solve the country’s deficit problems, but it would be a symbolic first step; Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma ...
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