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Looks like Sen. Robert Byrd is smoking the competition when it comes to bringing home the bacon.
Of the nearly $7.7 billion in earmarks included in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill proposed for next year, no senator was more aggressive than the Democrat from West Virginia.
Byrd scored a whopping 60 earmarks for his state at a cost of nearly $123 million, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group who tallied the earmarks.
The Top 20 list features 12 Democrats and eight Republicans.
Byrd was nearly eclipsed by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Finance Committee and the Senate's highest-profile critic of the recent bank bailouts, snagged the No. 2 spot with $115 million.
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BYRD IS BRINGING HOME THE BACON - New York Post
Of the nearly $7.7 billion in earmarks included in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill proposed for next year, no senator was more aggressive than the Democrat from West Virginia.
Byrd scored a whopping 60 earmarks for his state at a cost of nearly $123 million, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group who tallied the earmarks.
The Top 20 list features 12 Democrats and eight Republicans.
Byrd was nearly eclipsed by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Finance Committee and the Senate's highest-profile critic of the recent bank bailouts, snagged the No. 2 spot with $115 million.
change?
BYRD IS BRINGING HOME THE BACON - New York Post
