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OpEdNews - Quicklink: McCain: Earmarks Soar Under GOP Rule 2006
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'Earmarking' -- slipping spending items into appropriations bills without much congressional scrutiny and often at the request of lobbyists.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: McCain: Earmarks Soar Under GOP Rule 2006
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"Earmarking" is often described as a way to insert "wasteful" spending into spending bills.
Free Frank Warner 2009
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Earmarking has wasted billions and is an inevitable byproduct of a system that collects federal taxes and allows Congressmen to send it back to their districts.
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Earmarking or restricting funds may force charities to spend money where it's not needed and keep them from spending money where it's need the most.
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Earmarking is the process that allocates taxpayer dollars for projects that frequently benefit a senator or member of Congress 'home district or state.
Melanie Sloan: Earmark Reform: Building a Bridge to Somewhere Melanie Sloan 2010
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Earmarking or restricting funds may force charities to spend money where it's not needed and keep them from spending money where it's need the most.
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: The Dos and Don'ts of Disaster Relief Donations 2010
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Earmarking or restricting funds may force charities to spend money where it's not needed and keep them from spending money where it's need the most.
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: The Dos and Don'ts of Disaster Relief Donations Saundra Schimmelpfennig 2010
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Earmarking can help you think systematically about the sorts of bills that could come your way, and how big they might be.
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Earmarking can help you think systematically about the sorts of bills that could come your way, and how big they might be.
The Easy Way To An Organized Budget Stephen Simpson 2010
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