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      <excerpt>...us on  Follow us on  WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill says she's fed up with Missouri politicians who are criticizing the federal government for big spending yet are using federal stimulus money to balance the state budget.  McCaskill didn'</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...spending should end as a result of Sen. Richard Shelby's blanket hold on President Barack Obama's pending nominees.  Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said that the Alabama Republican's drastic step to intended to protest a defense project that was earmarke</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) said there&amp;#39;s not enough accountability in the earmarking process. &amp;quot;Earmarks are doled out based on whether you&amp;#39;re on ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...another by the Pentagon inspector general that was ordered by Congress, and a third by a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. McCaskill said Tuesday that she shared Webb&#8217;s concerns. What USA TODAY found on the programs is &#8220;pretty </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...all federal buildings all across the country -- here we are, we're trying to save billions of dollars, cut waste -- Claire McCaskill has been all on top of how can we audit our spending -- and we could save billions of dollars in ending old leases that </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the physical separation between contractors and agency oversight officials occasionally lead to &quot;phoning it in,&quot; said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., chairwoman of the subcommittee. &quot;In other countries it's regular daily, weekly, monthly interactions [wit</excerpt>
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