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Though the Congressional earmark might be dead or at least in a tea-
party-induced coma lawmaker boasting about funds secured for their states is alive and well as appropriations season kicks into full gear.
Banning earmarks in the traditional sense was a top priority for Republicans when they won back the House in 2010, and the presidents call for the ban in his State of the Union the following January reinforced it. But prohibiting pork has not stopped lawmakers from asking the administration to protect their parochial interests.
After the Senate Appropriations panel approved two spending bills last week, Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) issued a press release celebrating a $250 million railway project for Honolulu, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) praised $65 million in funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, $15 million above President Barack Obamas proposed budget.
(budget-smudget, I suppose)
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party-induced coma lawmaker boasting about funds secured for their states is alive and well as appropriations season kicks into full gear.
Banning earmarks in the traditional sense was a top priority for Republicans when they won back the House in 2010, and the presidents call for the ban in his State of the Union the following January reinforced it. But prohibiting pork has not stopped lawmakers from asking the administration to protect their parochial interests.
After the Senate Appropriations panel approved two spending bills last week, Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) issued a press release celebrating a $250 million railway project for Honolulu, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) praised $65 million in funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, $15 million above President Barack Obamas proposed budget.
(budget-smudget, I suppose)
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