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Editorial: Don’t give Metro the ‘largest earmark in history’
The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner Jul 19, 2006 2:00 AM (1251 days ago)WASHINGTON Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., has convinced the House of Representatives to approve the “largest earmark in history.” That’s how the Maryland Public Policy Institute describes his $1.5 billion, 10-year federal bailout for Metro, to be paid for with revenues generated by offshore oil drilling. This proposal, which just made it over the required two-thirds majority by one vote, is wrong on so many counts that it’s hard to know where to start, but here are three points to open the discussion.
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