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    • Seattle Times wins honors for earmarks expose

      Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times

      In its yearlong investigation, the paper built a database of military spending earmarks, culled from small type in budget bills. It married that with information on campaign contributions developed from sketchy reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The journalists discovered, in the words of The Times' letter to the Natt judges: "People who benefit from earmarks generally give money to those who deliver them." And, The Times said, the public interest often is damaged. It cited T-shirts that could melt under fire and endanger troops, as well as a $4.5 million vessel the Navy had no use for and never took delivery on.

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    • Guess who's a Ron Paul fan

      Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues.wordpress

      It's the Prince of Darkness himself, Bob Novak. How could that be, when Novak has been pimping Fred Thompson for weeks? Well, acquaint yourself with Novak's weird sense of humor. Loathe as I am to link to the Washington Times, it's in their "Fishwrap" (snicker) blog that he is quoted as follows...

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    • GOP Goes Home Without Finishing Budget Bills for 2006

      Posted by Jeff from Yahoo News!

      Via TalkingPointsMemo: "Driving the decision to quit and go home rather than finish the remaining budget work is a determined effort by a group of conservative Republicans to prevent putting a GOP stamp on spending bills covering 13 Cabinet Departments — and loaded with thousands of homestate projects derided as "pork" by critics."

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    • Dramatic growth in pet project spending prompts scrutiny

      Posted by Billbar from Austin-American Statesman

      An explosion in the use of earmarks by members of Congress is fueling new efforts to track the practice amid fears of rising corruption. The number of earmarks has surged almost fourfold over the past decade to 15,877 last year, according to the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan research arm of Congress.

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