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Senator John McCain is not giving up his fight against earmarks, even though the Senate rejected his attempt on Tuesday to strip them from the spending bill going through Congress. The Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate announced yesterday he's teaming with Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin to introduce legislation to give the president a line-item veto to block earmarks. McCain said earmarks, which critics call pork barrel projects, represent a "corrupt practice" that has consumed Congress. Feingold said he believes this legislation would pass constitutional muster because Congress would have to vote whether to agree to the earmark...