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Brain -> Mysterious fund allows Congress to spend freely, despite earmark ban (5/28/2011 7:50:29 PM)
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It's hard to say how bad this is because the article mentions only $1 billion and some amounts in millions, so it doesn't seem like a lot of money but it's interesting somebody can get money if they want it.
Mysterious fund allows Congress to spend freely, despite earmark ban
Washington (CNN) -- The defense bill that just passed the House of Representatives includes a back-door fund that lets individual members of Congress funnel millions of dollars into projects of their choosing.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/28/mysterious.fund/index.html?hpt=T1
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