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U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky finds himself at the center of the national firestorm over "pork" spending, those pet projects members of Congress fund with earmarks to major bills. The Indiana Democrat has been identified as the sixth-biggest earmarker in the U.S. House, with $116.8 million set aside for special projects in fiscal 2008 budget bills, according to figures compiled by Taxpayers for Common Sense. In a CNBC interview, one Washington watchdog group accused Visclosky of pioneering "green pork," which are earmarks masquerading as seed money for environmental breakthroughs. In his first response to numerous reports in national media, Visclosky on...

"There will be resolution after resolution, amendment after amendment . . . just like in the days of Vietnam. The pressure will mount, the president will find he has no strategy, he will have to change his strategy, and the vast majority of our troops will be taken out of harm's way and come home." *** That is the threat from Senator Schumer, who said Democrats would be "relentless," according to a report by Margaret Talev of McClatchy Newspapers that was brought to our attention Tuesday by James Taranto's Best of the Web Today on Opinionjournal.com. The fateful — or...