Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) is coming under scrutiny for an earmark request for an exclusive private club. The Seattle Times has the story: A $250,000 request to fund a "window repair and limestone sill replacement" at The Rainier Club — one of Seattle's premier private clubs, whose...
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on 06-24-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, pork, earmarks, Rainier Club, McDermott
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report highlighting waste in the stimulus package. The report, entitled 100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion , is a counter to the Obama Administration's Recovery Report: 100 Days 100 Projects. The top ten most wasteful projects in the report are: 1. “Free”...
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on 06-22-2009
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The intrigue continues with the PMA Group and its questionable ties to high-ranking House Appropriations Committee members and their earmarks. Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.), chairman of the Energy and Water Subcommittee, announced this week that he would temporarily hand the responsibility of overseeing...
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on 06-03-2009
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Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has become the poster child for everything that is wrong with the earmarking process. (Read a prior blog post on the Murtha Airport .) He uses his seniority and position on the Appropriations Committee to secure earmarks which he then passes on to companies he has personal relationships...
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on 05-27-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, free market, pork, government spending, earmarks, spending, defense, Murtha