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Matthews: “Just to be fair, less than 2% of this $410 billion bill [Obama] signed today is earmarks”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 03/11/09 7:01 PM EDT

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By focusing on earmarks -- less than 2 percent of spending bill -- media allow bill's opponents to dictate debate

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