Omnibus with 8,570 earmarks worth $7.7 billion

Mar 042009

view the Pork (xls).

This is version one, it is accurate, but we will add more detail, house member totals and track down the states of many of the earmarks (we have to do a little digging in some cases where they are not described). So check back frequently. And remember, this is just the Omnibus and does not include the three FY09 spending bills that passed back in the fall (Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Construction/Veterans Affairs) that had more than 2,000 earmarks worth $6.6 billion. source.

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Title: The National Taxpayer Advocate Annual Report to Congress (FY 2001).
Author: William Stevenson
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2002
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Page: 23(3)

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