Summary
Ask just about any member of Congress and he or she will tell you that earmarks are abhorrent, but that his or her own "carefully directed" spending is as pure as driven snow, used only for items that are appropriate and of great value to the public.
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Rethinking Pork-Barrel Spending
So we wondered how long it would take newly elected Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz to fudge on his pledge to refuse ...
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