Hard-charging Republicans who rallied voters last year with cries of "Stop the spending, ban the earmarks" quietly are offering a more-familiar Washington refrain now that they'r e in Congress.
The whopping $553 billion bill providing a budget for the Pentagon boasts millions of dollars that President Barack Obama didn't request for weapons programs, installations and other projects in districts from Illinois to Mississippi represented by House GOP freshmen.
The additions look suspiciously like the pet projects that Republicans prohibited when they took over the House and that the new class of lawmakers, many with tea party backing, swore off in a promise to change Washington's spending habits"............LINK
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