Earmark Watch: Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending

http://earmarkwatch.org/ ^

[HD1200]

Here's your chance to investigate earmarks–those spending measures inserted by members of Congress into bills that direct taxpayer dollars to their pet projects. Are members using earmarks to meet pressing needs? Reward political supporters? Are they good public policy, or vehicles for pure pork? Every earmark is different, and we currently have over 3,000 of them online, ready and waiting for you to dig into.

[HD1200]

Great new web site to research or add input into earmarks. It took a little exploring but I finally figured out how to research earmarks without having to create an account. Apparently you only need to have an account with them if you want to add information to earmarks already in the Goverment hopper.

I first came across this web site this morning by seeing it mentioned at Captains Quarters blog.

[mnehring]

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[EagleUSA]

Ref Title: Change “Congress Spending” to....

*** POLICITAL BRIBERY ***

[AuntB]

Morning! This should be fun.

[AuntB]

Ya gotta love this one:

“$250,000 for National Hispanic Medical Association, Washington, DC for a Hispanic health portal to provide online health education materials”

Sponsors: Rep. Baca (D-CA) Rep. Becerra (D-CA) Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ) Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL) Rep. Napolitano (D-CA) Rep. Reyes (D-TX) Rep. Roybal-Allard (D-CA) Rep. Sires

[Czar]

"Sponsors: Rep. Baca (D-CA) Rep. Becerra (D-CA) Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ) Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL) Rep. Napolitano (D-CA) Rep. Reyes (D-TX) Rep. Roybal-Allard (D-CA) Rep. Sires"

Mostly Mexicans.

Real shocker...