Millions in Earmarks Purchase Little of Use
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The National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence opened its doors in 1991 with a $5 million earmark from a powerful lawmaker. Operating in Johnstown, Pa., the privately run center has received at least $671 million worth of federal contracts and earmarks since then to research and develop...
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Twice in the past two years, Alaska lawmakers lost congressional earmarks to build two "bridges to nowhere" costing hundreds of millions of dollars after Congress was embarrassed by public complaints over the pet projects hidden in annual spending bills.
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Companies spend millions polishing their images and products. Governments also periodically have a stab often with dismal results.
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New Yorkâs campaign finance laws allow former candidates to keep spending unused contributions.
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When President Bush challenged Congress to cut the number and cost of earmarks by half, the administration's budget chiefs turned to their wiki.
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Are you paying for things you have no use for?
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The Budget Office and the case of the disappearing public interest
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When it comes to elected officials and earmarks, the policy seems to be the less said the better.
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Other portions of what backers hoped would be a broad bill to reduce American oil consumption were stymied.
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Created by President Clinton on Sept. 18, 1996, the monument includes 1.9 million acres.  Coal, petroleum and other minerals there have an estimated value of between $223 billion and $330 billion.  881,327 acres -- nearly half the monument -- are in wilderness study areas.
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Indicators measure the nation's unemployment rate, consumer spending and other economic milestones, but Vice President Dick Cheney says it misses the hundreds of thousands who make money selling on eBay.
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Companies, government agencies, schools and other institutions are spending more to protect ever-increasing volumes of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers with more sophisticated firewalls and encryption, but the investment often is too little, too late.
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Congress is on the verge of approving half a dozen bills that would protect as much as 1 million acres of wilderness areas across the West, but the move has infuriated environmentalists who charge that lawmakers are giving away too much pristine public land to real estate developers and local...
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Earmarks are only pork when someone else is feasting on them. On your plate, they're veggies.
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If everyone on Earth generated the 20 tons of carbon dioxide emitted by each United States citizen yearly, the global tally now would be 134 billion tons a year, instead of 29 billion. That's a lot of billions.
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We've nearly used 1.5 trillion gallons. After that, there are only 1.5 trillion left.
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The federal government spent nearly $11 million to salvage timber from an Oregon wildfire in 2002, yet it stands to get less than $9 million from selling the wood, congressional investigators say.