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This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.
Beltway Confidential

Will Democrats bring back the corrupt and secretive earmarks?

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The rising sun silhouettes the U.S. Capitol dome at daybreak, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Washington.
Op-Eds

Beware the lame-duck Congress

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Congress opened the floodgates on pork-barrel spending in 2018
Beltway Confidential

Congress opened the floodgates on pork-barrel spending in 2018

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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, announces that he will not run for re-election at the end of this term, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, during a news conference on Capitol Hill.
Opinion

Speaker Paul Ryan leaves a job almost impossible to do

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Democrats face tricky vote on SALT cap. The U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington.
Beltway Confidential

Sorry Trump, earmarks will only make budgeting harder for Congress

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An Air Force F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 34th Fighter Squadron completes preflight checks before departing Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, May 7, 2017.
Op-Eds

Pentagon earmarks detract from the common defense

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The video of Rep. Don Young's, R-Alaska, response to Dimitri Shein, a Democrat running for Young's House seat, was published to YouTube by Shein this week. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Beltway Confidential

Rep. Don Young recalls pulling knife on John Boehner, defends carrying blade on House floor: ‘It’s what you call survival law’

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Club for Growth is releasing a short ad, running digitally and on local television, criticizing Rep. Markwayne Mullin on fiscal issues and on abandoning a self-imposed term limits pledge. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Club for Growth targeting Rep. Markwayne Mullin

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Congress is now considering a return to earmarks, the practice of choosing the piece it has just sliced, or more precisely, of spending the money it has just appropriated. (iStock)
Op-Eds

Rep. Tom McClintock: We’ve heard the siren’s song of earmarks before

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Earmarks can't bring back that the trust Congress has squandered, Sen. Mike Lee writes. Only transparency and accountability can do that. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)
Op-Eds

Sen. Mike Lee: Say no to the return of the Swamp Thing (aka earmarks)

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