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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chalu2 who wrote (14117)	3/5/2000 3:12:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Perhaps, but not on this issue. The site is clear. The message is unmistakeable. Any excuses offered by McCain or his media pals are obviated by his written words. Read them. 63.224.30.9. Pork Barrel Spending in the Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Bills "For over a decade, I have been fighting to cut pork-barrel spending that wastes the taxpayers' dollars on special-interest projects... This year alone, Congress earmarked more than $13 billion for everyday, garden-variety, pork. As President, I would cut every one of the projects on the following list... Advanced cancer detection $3.5 Prostate cancer immunotherapy $1.5 Bone marrow $34.0 Improved bone marrow transplantation $2.0 Coastal cancer control $5.0 Lung cancer program $7.0 Comprehensive breast cancer clinical care project $7.5 Peer-reviewed Breast Cancer research program $175.0 Peer-reviewed Prostate Cancer research program $75.00 New York University Program in Women's Cancer $200,000 for Environmental risk factors/cancer (NY) $1,000,000 for the breast cancer program at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.