Yikes. Have you seen this report? H.R. 3222 is the newly released conference report on how much money you and I are placing into the piggy bank of the Department of Defense in '08. Included in the report are 2,049 earmarks totaling an estimated value of $4.9 Billion dollars. My goodness!
"[the report] contains a massive number of earmarks – 2,049 to be exact." I'm going to round the figures somewhat (they were calculated on the fly) but total cost of the earmarks is $4.9 billion. Included are 24 new earmarks costing about $59 million that were “airdropped” into the conference report. "These e armarks were considered by neither the House nor the Senate and were immaculately conceived in the conference report," he says.
First, courtesy of Earmark Watch, a map of where they are located
Hmm. Pretty Concentrated, eh...and now for the top earmark loving Representatives,
Rep. Murtha (D-PA) $166,500,000Want to know what your Representative earmarked? Find out HERE. I warn you...it's addicting. You'll spend a lot of time there.
Rep. Lewis (R-CA) $112,000,000
Rep. Kingston (R-GA) $72,187,000
Rep. Young (R-FL) $143,200,000
Rep. Visclosky (D-IN) $53,500,000
Rep. Moran (D-VA) $47,000,000
What a complete waste of OUR HARD EARNED MONEY!
today's posts:
The Curse of George Bush and his Constantly RElabeled 'Enemy'
Senate Res. 366: Another Complete Waste of Time
Giuliani and his new BFF, Pat Robertson, AKA 'nutjob'
Same Players. Different Scandal.
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