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GOP Frosh Take Care of Districts in Defense Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hard charging Republicans who rallied voters last year with cries of ``Stop the spending, ban the earmarks'' are offering a more familiar Washington refrain now they're in Congress.

The massive, $553 billion bill providing a budget for the Pentagon contains millions of dollars that President Barack Obama didn't request for weapons programs, installations and other projects in some districts 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 swore off in a promise to change Washington's spending habits.

Many of those lawmakers had tea-party backing.
The House is scheduled to vote on the bill this week.

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