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...with stuff to ensure votes for the final measure. But in the past decade, when Congress has been dominated by the supposedly fiscally conservative G.O.P., the amount of pork in appropriations bills has more than tripled. "It's obscene. We have taken it to a whole new level," says Arizona Representative Jeff Flake, a leader of the House's conservative Republican Study Committee. "We frankly look worse than the Democrats did in their heyday." Says Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense: "At a time of record deficits," when most agencies are seeing their budgets cut, "we have...
...total set aside for these pet projects range from $11 billion to $16 billion. Other questionable giveaways in the bill include $250,000 for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, $500,000 to renovate ski trails in Alaska, $4.9 million to refurbish historic bathhouses in Arizona, and $75,000 to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin...
...addition to Harvard and the Smithsonian, the consortium includes Carnegie Observatories, the University of Arizona, the University of Michigan, the University of Texas at Austin, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas...
...Palestinian terrorists bombed defenseless Israeli civilians. Apparently he believed that such terrorist acts would force more concessions from Israel. What Palestinians needed in Arafat was a leader like Nelson Mandela. What they got was a Robert Mugabe. Good riddance, and please, no more crocodile tears. George Reiss Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S. There is nothing wrong with seeking justice or independence for your people, but at what price to your people's culture and humanity? To state that Arafat won legitimacy for the Palestinian cause "despite sometimes [using] deplorable means" was cruel and idiotic. The next time you are worried that...
Freshman Dominic DeNunzio (149 lbs.) secured a win over Robert Henry of North Dakota with an 8-4 decision before Arizona State’s Patrick Williams pinned...