GOP Ignoring Pledge: Leaders Advancing Bills Packed With Billions Of Dollars In Anonymous Pet Projects...
Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR May 17, 2006 at 10:53 AM
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Just two weeks after the House passed a reform bill requiring lawmakers to attach their names to pet projects, GOP leaders are advancing spending bills containing billions of dollars in such parochial "earmarks" whose sponsors remain anonymous.
Most lawmakers, like Rep. Jeff Miller (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla., who obtained $11 million for a child development center at Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola, are happy to take credit for their earmarks when asked. Others, like Martin Sabo, D-Minn., immediately put out news releases trumpeting hometown projects like a $1 million sewer system upgrade for Minneapolis.
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READ MORE: 2006
Just two weeks after the House passed a reform bill requiring lawmakers to attach their names to pet projects, GOP leaders are advancing spending bills containing billions of dollars in such parochial "earmarks" whose sponsors remain anonymous.
Most lawmakers, like Rep. Jeff Miller (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla., who obtained $11 million for a child development center at Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola, are happy to take credit for their earmarks when asked. Others, like Martin Sabo, D-Minn., immediately put out news releases trumpeting hometown projects like a $1 million sewer system upgrade for Minneapolis.
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