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A More Conservative GOP After McConnell? Earmarks Offer Early Glimpse
Heightened focus on $12.7 billion in earmarks amid $34 trillion in national debt. ‘Earmarks turn Republicans Democrat,’ one senator says.
Senate Conservatives Blast $12.7 Billion of Earmarks in Emergency Spending Package
Republican lawmakers are pressing congressional leaders to allow amendments against controversial special interest provisions.
Government Watchdog Says Congressional Earmarks Are the ‘Currency of Corruption’
Local and community projects funded by tax money allocated by Congress, commonly known as “earmarks,” are often wasteful and conducive to corruption, said the CEO of a government watchdog organization.
OpenTheBooks’s Adam Andrzejewski Exposes Billions in Wasteful Government Spending, Shocking Payments to China, Russia
Through tens of thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests, OpenTheBooks.com has compiled and made public almost all U.S. money taxed and spent, at every level of government, across all 50 states.
