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The House majority leader, Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, told fellow Democrats last week that the House would not be in session next year on Fridays, except in June for work on appropriations bills. Here’s an idea for the Democrats who think they have earned the right to shorten their workload by 20% – [...] “The bottom line is, the system is far from perfect. The influence of money in politics has gotten out of control.” - Eric Schultz, a spokesman for the Edwards campaign Senator Ben Nelson’s current $7.5 million earmark for software helps 21st Century Systems Inc. (21CSI), which employs his son, Patrick Nelson, as its marketing director. The company gets 80 percent of its funds from federal grants, mostly through earmarks. With nine offices scattered among states represented by appropriators in Congress, the company has in recent [...] |
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