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Editorial: Earmarks are foie gras of politics
The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner Jun 13, 2006 2:00 AM (1293 days ago)WASHINGTON Voters disgusted by the Republican-controlled Congress’ practice of stuffing massive amounts of political pork into appropriations bills likely won’t find much relief if the Democrats take control in November. In fact, according to local eight-term Congressman Jim Moran, D-Va., the force-feeding could get worse. Here’s what Moran reportedly told the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner: “When I become chairman [of a House appropriations subcommittee], I’m going to earmark the @*#& out of it.”
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