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...delete all the earmarks in the spending bill, that earmark abuses have landed politicians like former Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham in prison. Those abuses were especially rampant when congressmen were permitted to slip earmarks into legislation without taking responsibility - non-earmarked earmarks, in a way - but Obama helped spearhead an effort to eliminate that practice after Democrats took back Congress. It is also true that earmarks can be a sneaky way for boondoggles to bypass hearings, public comment periods, cost-benefit analyses and other forms of scrutiny. But the Constitution does give Congress the power of the purse...
...team with a shared team-best 20 points and played excellent defense on reigning league Player of the Year Louis Dale. Pusar, the team’s captain, went 31 minutes, including 19 in the second half during which he scored all five of his points and helped spearhead Harvard’s tenacious defensive effort, as the high-flying visitors made just 13-of-30 shots after the break. Big man Harris had six points and five rebounds while battling the taller and deeper Big Red frontcourt.“We talked about having to fight and compete because...
...operating on a relatively flexible schedule. “We’re not at a place where we can even think about breaking ground,” Nelson said. Since no concrete timeline has been established—the search last spring for a new College dean to spearhead the House renewal project delayed initial planning—“there’s technically nothing to delay,” Smith said in an interview last month. The release of a House Program Planning Steering Committee report will initiate the second phase of House renewal dealing with...
...Gomes, Vice-Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defense, and the spearhead behind Lisbon's effort to lead the way on the issue, says resolving Guantanamo is in Europe's own interests. "It is important strategically to improve transatlantic relations," she says. "With Obama the attitude has changed so the allies now can get together. It is also important politically for the West to be championing human rights." And there's perhaps no country better to do that than one which understands what it means when human rights are trampled...
...Before winning election to the U.S. Congress, where he served four terms beginning in 1981, Gregg helped spearhead the New Hampshire presidential primary campaigns of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush...