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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Cartoon drawn by taxpayer,1954,Chicago,Illinois,IL8x12in Print from a high-quality scan of the original.Title: [ A naked man leaning over a barrel, coughing up a coin]
Date Created/Published: 1954.
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Summary: Photograph shows a cartoon drawn by a taxpayer which was given to the Director of Internal Revenue in Chicago, Illinois.
Subjects:
Tax payers--1950-1960.
Taxes--1950-1960.
Format:
Cartoons (Commentary)--Reproductions--1950-1960.
Photographic prints--1950-1960.
Bookmark /2006675199/
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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
