Earmark Collecting Starts to Do its Magic
Posted by Jim Harper
Part of the reason for collecting earmark requests and mapping them is to gather the input of the public. Exposing earmark requests to light will let the public decide what is good government spending and what is not.
More than a few earmarks are getting supportive comments and votes from people who would benefit from the [...]
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Because 11,000 Isn’t Enough . . .
Posted by Jim Harper
New bills introduced in the Senate yesterday! (Bringing the tally even higher.)
S. 3718
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 2 years
S. 3719
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the minimum required pension distribution rules for 2008, 2009, and 2010
S. [...]
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