MCONNELL OUT, BUT EARMARKS ARE BACK IN, BIG-TIME: More than 6,000 of them with total value of $12.7 billion in the spending bill now before the Senate and passed yesterday by the House. No, $12.7 billion is a tiny portion of a $460 billion spending bill, but, as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) often said: “Earmarks are the gateway drug for Federal Spending Addiction” among senators and representatives.
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