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ISU ranks fifth for Congressional earmarks

By Lynda Waddington 8/21/09

A joint study of earmarks from the 110th Congress shows Iowa State University receiving the fifth highest benefit from lawmakers, trailing four institutions of higher learning in Alabama and Mississippi.

Harkin ranks 8th for earmarks in spending bill

By Jason Hancock 3/5/09

Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin ranks 8th among senators in the value of earmarks he won in the 2009 omnibus spending bill, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense.
The non-partisan watchdog organization identified 8,570 disclosed earmarks totaling $7.7 billion in the spending bill currently in the Senate. Harkin is solely responsible for 56 earmarks totaling nearly $67 [...]

King critical of spending for ‘pro-amnesty organization’

By Jason Hancock 2/26/09

A $950,000 earmark for a Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the omnibus spending bill that passed the U.S. House Wednesday has drawn the ire of U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron.
The Iowa Republican called the National Council of La Raza a “pro-amnesty organization” and said “the last thing Congress should be doing is handing [...]

Biden’s Call to End Earmarks Still Seems to Fall on Deaf Ears

By T.M. Lindsey 6/9/07

During last week’s presidential debate in New Hampshire, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware took another strong stand in support of public campaign financing. When the debate shifted to earmarks, Biden injected that the way to eliminate earmarks is to switch to a public campaign finance system. Biden argued that as long as there are [...]

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