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	<title><![CDATA[Earmarks: Faster And Easier Than Ever Thanks To Innovation]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-bittle-and-jean-johnson/earmarks-faster-and-easie_b_87359.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Its earmark season on Capitol Hill, and this year, thanks to technology, it will be even easier for members of Congress to get their earmark requests sorted out and submitted. It's true that some members, most recently Rep. Henry Waxman of California, say they won't be asking for any earmarks this year, but others are essentially holding an open house. Since earmark requests are due by mid-March, <a href=" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/washington/14earmarks.html">some representatives have put up online forms so constituents and lobbyists...</a></p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:48:00-04:00</date_published>
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