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Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 | 8:31 a.m.
SPENDING: New ethics rules designed to cleanse spending bills of pet projects have done little to quench lawmakers' thirst for them.
ORIGINAL AGREEMENT: Upon taking control of the House in January, Democrats agreed with President Bush that earmarks should be cut in half.
NUMBERS: The 435 members of the House together requested more than 32,000 pet projects this year - several thousand more than in 2006.
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