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Watch This Site For Future Indictments Dept.: Corrupt Rep. Calls for Do-Overs on Earmarks

Published: August 2, 2007, 3:26 pm

Tags: Alan Mollohan, Corruption, Earmarks, Watch This Site For Future Indictments Dept, West Virginia

What West Virginia lacks in jobs, population, and reasons to live there, it more than makes up for in receipt of shitloads of government money. So who can blame Rep. Alan Mollohan for unethically...

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In Brief: “Rep. Bob Inglis, R-S.C., won a $3.5 ...

Published: August 6, 2007, 4:09 pm

Tags: Bob Inglis, Congress, Earmarks, Lobbyists, Someone S Getting Raise

“Rep. Bob Inglis, R-S.C., won a $3.5 million earmark in the fiscal 2008 Defense spending bill for a cold-weather clothing system despite indicating to the House Appropriations Committee that...

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Independent Newspaper Says Redistributing Wealth Not Okay in Some Instances

Published: September 6, 2007, 3:02 pm

Tags: Earmarks, Politics, Socialism, Connecticut, Fairfield County Weekly

industries, and untold earmarks, pork belly projects, tax loopholes, and other favors to benefit the contributors all on our nickel. Here comes the kicker: It will be this way so long as elected officials have the power to redistribute money and assets. But it can be minimized. On the federal level, all that is required is a strict

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Federal Pork Barrelling Alive and Well

Published: September 24, 2007, 9:14 am

Tags: Earmarks, Federal Budget

in spending and eliminating earmarks is apparently just that. This bill would establish permanent pork pipelines to numerous members' districts."National heritage areas are creations of Congress in which special interest groups, whose work at times has been funded through secret Congressional earmarks, team up with the National Park Service to

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Norm Dicks, Washington Democrat Hands Out $4 MILLION Dollars To Contributor

Published: September 25, 2007, 9:06 am

Tags: Washington, Earmarks, Democrats

MILLION dollars total in earmarks. Apparently it is good to make political contributions to Washingtn State Congressman Norm Dicks. $4,000,000 to Dimension4 for Intelligent Interface with Intelligent Graphics for Shared Naval Radar ComponentsAccording to the website employees of Dimension4 have collectively made over $20,000 in contributions

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Sen. Patty Murray; 9 Million Dollars In Earmarks

Published: September 25, 2007, 8:48 am

Tags: Earmarks, Washington State Politics, Democrats

look at Sen. Patty Murray's earmarks for a moment. Shall we?$250,000 for Community Agricultural Vocational Institute, for training of agricultural workers. Any bets that the CAVI happens to serve illegal aliens?$100,000 for Port Jobs, in partnership with South Seattle Community College, for training of entry-level airport workers.$500,000 for

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The Democrats Will Be Transparent, Sure They Will

Published: October 4, 2007, 5:53 pm

Tags: Political Opinion, Corruption, Democrats, Earmarks, Murtha, Pelosi, Pork

Transparent, that was the claim they made when they pandered for the votes of Americans. They would be open and honest and yet, they continue to make back room deals with people like Abscam Murtha leading the charge to spend your hard earned money. Here is an interesting video that discusses the... Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the

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Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Earmarks, Put, Candidates, The, Spot, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Bernadette Sargeant, Ron Paul, University Of Chicago, Illinois, Texas, General Motors Corporation, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Shoemaker, Phil Singer, Ted Stevens

Just a few months before he joined the presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) co-sponsored a little-noticed proposal to require the Pentagon to spend $2 million on brain trauma research for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

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Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

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Democratic pork

Published: October 16, 2007, 1:36 am

Tags: Earmarks, House, Senate

company, inserting four "earmarks" into different bills to force the Navy and Coast Guard to buy boats they didn't ask for - $17.65 million in all. None of the boats was used as Congress intended. The congressional trio say they were helping Guardian Marine because it had a great product. But each has also received generous campaign

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Democrats Spin Failures into Successes - Reward Selves

Published: October 27, 2007, 12:42 pm

Tags: Political, Bribe, Congress, Constituents, Democratic Base, Democrats, Earmarks, Rangel, Social Programs, Tax Increase, Tax Scheme

The Democrats took control of Congress in January and they planned to put their aggressive agenda into play. They had already promised America that they would be transparent and ethical. Since taking the reigns of power they have been neither transparent nor ethical. They have put billions of... Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the

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Federal Earmarks Fill Coffers of Pa. Nonprofit

Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Federal, Earmarks, Fill, Coffers, Nonprofit, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, John Murtha, Howard A Kuhn, The Pentagon, Charles Riechers, Jeff Flake, Iraq, University Of Pittsburgh, Florida, Pennsylvania, Johnstown Pennsylvania, Metalworking Technology Inc, Capi

Concurrent Technologies began two decades ago doing metalworking research in Pennsylvania's struggling rust belt. In the years since, the Johnstown, Pa., company has become a federal contracting chameleon.

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A Contractor, Charity And Magnet for Federal Earmarks

Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am