Wednesday, July 23, 2008

FY 2009 Labor-HHS earmarks from senators up 37% over last year


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Cost of Senate Labor-HHS Earmarks Increase by 37%

The FY 2009 Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill contains 934 earmarks for a total cost of more than $690 million (click here for the database). The number of projects is down slightly from the FY08 Senate total of 941 projects, whereas the cost of the earmarks has increased 37% from $501 million. But the numbers are comparable to the House passed version of the legislation. [...]

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