The Christian Science Monitor is presently publishing a weekly series on Congressional earmarks, or "pork barrel projects"; the August 8th article talks of the process that average Americans use to acquire federal grants for local projects. They hire lobbyists in Washington, DC to forward their local project financial request into the legislative appropriations process. This is not right. Our representatives are there in Washington to do the business of the nation-- not of local handouts. When are our Congressmen going to stand up to all of these pay-to-play orders from their own districts?

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