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$2.3 Billion in Pork?
If you still don’t think that members of Congress use earmarks primarily to secure their own electoral future, look no further… Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2… more »
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Another $45 Million for Terminal B
Aaron wrote 4 days ago: Author: Aaron Construction expansion at Newark International Airport has risen from the proposed $2 … more »
Democrats Love Bacon
Aaron wrote 1 week ago: Author: Aaron According to Citizens Against Government Waste, the number and amount of earmarks in s … more »
NJ Assembly: Superintendents, Stop Stealing Money Meant for Classroom
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Aaron wrote 2 weeks ago: The NJ Assembly finally came to a conclusion yesterday that absurd payouts to departing superintende … more »
Muppets and the U.S. Senate
artaban7 wrote 3 weeks ago: Just saw this story from Monday’s Washington Post: “Senate Votes to Privatize Its Fail … more »
$2.3 Billion in Pork?
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JLG wrote 2 months ago: If you still don’t think that members of Congress use earmarks primarily to secure their own e … more »
7 Years until Back to the Future Part II
Plumpy's Ghost wrote 2 months ago: And we still don’t have flying cars. However, the cars we do have are sometimes stupidly, stup … more »
The Onion on pork-barrel spending
midmull wrote 2 months ago: The Onion made up the following examples (via the Club for Growth): Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), $1,00 … more »
Gotta love those Sunday Comics...
Matt H. wrote 3 months ago: So it is a well know fact amongst my fellow pugilists that I am a two timer… yes, there is ano … more »
Clinton's a Porker
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chippy wrote 3 months ago: According to Taxpayers for Common Sense Hillary Clinton obtained $342 million in earmarks (read: por … more »
Clinton Credits Earmarks for Victory
JLG wrote 3 months ago: In addition to slamming rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) over Jeremiah Wright, his pastor and mentor … more »
Obama Says "Where's The Pork?"
BookGirl wrote 3 months ago: Barrack Obama has released the full list of earmarks, the pork-barrel politics concessions politici … more »
John McCain’s Pork Barrel Spending For His Wife’s Fat Paycheck
SlaveMorality.com wrote 4 months ago: I thought John McCain’s wife Cindy McCain was a retired schoolteacher. But I guess she does have … more »
earmarks and pork
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Poet With a Day Job wrote 4 months ago: Politicians always talk about corruption in pork barrel spending, earmarks on appropriations bills … more »
How will John McCain end special earmarks in the federal budget?
Wes Thorp wrote 4 months ago: A few minutes ago, I heard John McCain says on CNN during a campaign appearance in Wisconsin that he … more »
New Bush Budget: $3.1 Trillion
JLG wrote 5 months ago: The new Bush budget calls for near-record deficits this year and next and who knows how much new de … more »
Some Encouraging Remarks From the State of the Union
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JLG wrote 5 months ago: Here are just a few items from last night’s State of the Union Address that were encouraging t … more »
Clinton Endorsement Secured by $1.5 Million Earmark?
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JLG wrote 5 months ago: In a major appropriations bill that passed late last year, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) secured an ea … more »
What's a Mere $10 Billion Among Friends? (Update)
JLG wrote 5 months ago: President Bush gave our generation a glimmer of hope last month when he said that he would look into … more »
Landrieu Scandal: Campaign Cash for Earmarks?
JLG wrote 5 months ago: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is under investigation from a left-leaning governement watchdog group, Cit … more »
