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WASHINGTON – Republicans generally stood by President Bush’s call Tuesday for action on energy and the economy, but one pillar — boosting use and production of corn-based ethanol — is becoming an increasingly sticky point for some in the president’s own party. Once seen as a panacea to curing America’s …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Pork-Barrel Postponement It appears House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has quietly shelved the proposed one-year moratorium on earmarks — those pet spending projects that lawmakers slip into legislation to benefit their home districts. Pelosi initially supported the one-year ban on pork projects, which …

Animal rights group PETA is rolling out its controversial “Sex Talk” ad — in which two parents urge their daughter to have a lot of sex and “pop out all the kids you want” — in the top 10 teen pregnancy states to promote spaying and neutering of pets. The …