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No-Bid Earmarks?

From time to time, one is tempted to believe that some members of Congress do live in a parallel universe. In the recent past, they have repeatedly criticized the billions of dollars in government contracts that the administration has issued without competition for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and the Gulf Coast. In fact, Congress has repeatedly voted to end or limit these “no-bid

This week’s common sense award should go to Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) for introducing this important amendment.

Yesterday, a politically diverse group of ten taxpayer and good government groups released a letter urging members of the House to do away with “No-Bid Earmarks

Tags Business Earmark History of the United States Politics Politics of the United States Reconstruction Era of the United States Tom Coburn United States

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