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Show SPRINGTIME IN WASHINGTON AND THE RACE IS ON - The H.:.' S:reel Journal reports it is pork-barrel time in the nation's capital in these uorcs. "Like the shad running up the Potomac River to spawn it is a rue ot spnr.g - tne race by members of Congress and their Mends, to win hundreds ot millions of dollars for the construction of their favorite water resource projects ... In recent days, more than 2.000 people, including d. veils ot members ot Congress, have come before the Enerav and Water Development Subcommittee ot the House Appropriations Committee to p.eael tor help. Tr.ey overwhelmed the handful of people who appeared to Mi:v in opposition to the projects." |