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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for S.3335 Earmark Transparency Act</title>
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  <updated>2010-07-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/64278</id>
  <entry>
    <title>For-Profits Use Nonprofit Structure to Avoid Earmark Ban</title>
    <link href="http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11127" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-12:/commentary/8797853</id>
    <updated>2010-07-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>OMB Watch</name>
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 The Earmark Transparency Act (HR 5258 and S. 3335) would allow the public to more easily take notice of the earmarking process. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11127&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Cybersecurity bill clears Senate hurdle</title>
    <link href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1988795&amp;amp;nid=35" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-24:/commentary/8567691</id>
    <updated>2010-06-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>FederalNewsRadio.com</name>
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 Deferred action on S. 3335, the Earmark Transparency Act. The bill&amp;#39;s author, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), says the measure would essentially fulfill a request ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1988795&amp;amp;nid=35&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Levin and Coburn, toe to toe on Earmark Transparency Bill</title>
    <link href="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/levin-and-coburn-toe-toe-earmark-transparency-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-23:/commentary/8558033</id>
    <updated>2010-06-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sunlight Foundation</name>
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...said that aggregating thousands of earmark requests on a website would be burdensome and unworkable. Coburn introduced the bill, S.3335, last month which would require a centralized, detailed, downloadable database that would track every earmark that me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/levin-and-coburn-toe-toe-earmark-transparency-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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