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...href='http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?category==Project_id=2049=Headlines%20By%20TCS Taxpayers for Common Sense database makes clear, that the most prolific earmarkers tend to be the most egregious porkers - Republicans like Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Christopher Bond of Missouri and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Democrats like Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who never met an earmark he couldn't name after himself. But earmarks are not the only way they bring home the bacon. In fact, the earmarks in the current budget bill amount to only $7.7 billion, less than 2% of the overall spending. But they will...
...always a concern,” but said that this was one of the purposes of joint recruiting trips. Teaming up with these colleges may help attract students who might not attend an information session only for Harvard, Fitzsimmons said. Joint trips with Princeton and the University of Virginia to target students from lower income backgrounds are still on the books for November. Student-staffed recruitment trips sponsored by the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative and the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program will also remain intact. The admissions office will also encourage more one-on-one contact between regional officers and high...
...even if he had been, the soft economy was suffocating. Having pledged his home equity as collateral, now he was forced to sell his demolition equipment at a loss. He fell behind on his mortgage payments of $1,647 per month. His son had to leave college in Virginia to attend a school near home. His mother passed away...
Always an odd federal orphan, the District of Columbia has struggled to wean itself from congressional control since it was first cobbled together in 1790. Residents could vote for House members in neighboring Virginia and Maryland until 1801, but city leaders were originally appointed by the President. The city enjoyed some self-rule for much of the 19th century, but most of it was stripped away in 1874. Voters couldn't participate in presidential elections at all until the 23rd Amendment was ratified in 1963. After persistent lobbying by residents - their neighbors, after all - lawmakers passed the Home Rule...
...eight years, spending got way out of control. The White House couldn't put a check on Congress and the Congress wouldn't put a check on the White House, so everyone spent what they wanted and we ended up with trillion-dollar deficits," says Representative Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat who nevertheless voted for the package. "We have a responsibility as Democrats to make sure that we don't do that sort of thing - that when the White House is willing to make tough budgetary choices, that Congress plays a constructive role." Apparently, that new responsible role doesn...