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Political Factoid

The Party of Earmarks:
  • There were fewer than 2,000 earmarks (a.k.a.
    pork) in the federal budget when the Republicans
    took over the House of Representatives in 1994.
     
  • By the time voters threw the Republicans out in
    2006, there were 9,963 earmarks.
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