There is a pink booklet printed up each yeay entitled "The Pig Book" in which tax payer advocates Tax Payers Against Government Waste print the actual dollar amounts each federal legislature slips into spending bills. The total number of these ear marks is 11,610 at a cost of 37.1 billion dollars for fiscal year 2008. Mother's Day Museums, golf programs etc ...
The largest offender in the Senate? Thad Cochran (R) of MS. In the House, Charlie Rangle (D) of New York.
In terms of presidential candidates Hillary had a total of 182 ear marks this year, Obama 52, and John McCain ..... ZERO.
I know "bringing home the bacon" is classic American politics, but you gottas love that ZERO number for Mac.
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