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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111355)12/21/2007 1:05:16 PM
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According to a preliminary count by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group that fights earmarks, the giant spending bill sent to Bush included 8,983 projects worth $7.4 billion. A separate Defense Department spending bill signed by Bush included 2,162 earmarks worth $7.9 billion. That brings the total to 11,145 worth $15.3 billion, although the group is still counting and the number probably will rise. The White House uses higher estimates; Congress uses lower ones.

When the counting is done, this year's earmarks probably will be about 25 percent less costly than the all-time high in 2005, when Republicans controlled Congress, according to Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. "From our perspective, it's a step in the right direction. Would we have liked to see a bigger step? Yes. ... The critical question will be, do they continue to take steps next year and the year after next?"
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