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Earmarks Flow Near Lawmakers’ Property

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Investigation reveals.

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Having a congressman in your neighborhood may make property values go up. More than $300 million in taxpayer money has gone to projects within two miles of property owned by 33 members of Congress, according to a Washington Post investigation.

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