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...request by California Rep. Howard Berman: "...for the Providence Holy Cross Foundation tattoo removal violence prevention program in Mission Hills...It is now time for a pork removal program...
...request from California Rep. Jerry Lewis: "...for the Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center. Perhaps next year, if the park and Rep. Lewis still haven't found all the money they're looking for, they could ask Bono and U-2 for help instead of the taxpayers...
...Projects that make it into CAGW's Pig Book must fulfill one or more of the following criteria: • Requested only by the House or Senate • Not specifically authorized by a piece of legislation • Not competitively awarded based on a bidding process • Not requested by the President • Greatly exceed the President's budget request or the previous year's funding • Not the subject of congressional hearings • Serves only a local need or special interest...
...hasn't spent a cent on marketing or advertising. Growth is modest but steady: nearly 10,000 people visit each week, he says, all of whom get there by word of mouth and via a software "bot" that lets users of Twitter, the popular micromessaging service, request reviews. (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds...
...first public warning was a scratchy cough, broadcast live to the world, followed by a request for water. In the gilded British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the President of the United States finally stood on a global stage, a new leader introducing a new American vision for the world. But he sounded a bit off, his voice pitched, parched, nasal. At the start of his first overseas trip as President, Barack Obama had come down with a cold...