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ybdogsct1 year, 8 months ago

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"Plus, Obama, and Hillarry have hundreds of Earmarks for all their special interest groups."
It's funny hearing Bush-supporters accusing Democrats of pork spending when Republicans' records are so much worse.
The Clinton admin averaged only $11.8 billion in earmarks. The Bush admin with the Republican-controlled 109th Congress averaged OVER DOUBLE this at $23.4 billion. The current Democratic-controlled 110th Congress has reduced Bush's average almost by half to a more reasonable $13.2 billion.
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=re...
CLINTON:
1993: $6.6 billion
1994: $7.8 billion
1995: $10 billion
1996: $12.5 billion
1997: $14.5 billion
1998: $13.2 billion
1999: $12 billion
2000: $17.7 billion
BUSH & Republican-controlled 109th Congress
2001: $18.5 billion
2002: $20.1 billion
2003: $22.5 billion
2004: $22.9 billion
2005: $27.3 billion
2006: $29.0 billion
Democrat-controlled 110th Congress
2007: $13.2 billion

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