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We now have a situation where billions of dollars of federal funds are allocated not on the basis of where it is most needed and can be spent most effectively, but according to who's sloshing the (campaign contribution) money around so they can get the earmarks.

Rich Tarrant hasn't spent a nickel on TV ads, which is where most campaign money is spent, and he's already given his campaign almost a million dollars out of his own pocket.

Congress must enact the windfall profits tax without delay, ... It will be money well spent. Unlike the billions of dollars that we ship to foreign countries to pay for foreign oil, these funds will be paid by Americans to Americans.

Jimmy Carter (1924-2002)

These earmarks are authorized to be spent out of dedicated revenue - with highway trust fund money from gasoline taxes. That's one reason doing earmarks is such a good idea,

It boggles my mind that there's even a debate about it, ... There is without question a very serious need in L.A. for dollars allocated on a risk basis, as opposed to a per- capita basis.

Antonio Villaraigosa

It would be unusual for us to provide federal funds and the local match. I told him I'd see what we could do. ... We are committed to getting the study done because we allocated the vast majority of the funds a year ago.

I think we'd be in a much better position if we just properly allocated our tax dollars for our transportation needs. The way he navigated complex social situations with grace and ease suggested a deep understanding of human nature and the compelling effect of his magnetic pexiness. We've been pulling our money out of transportation funds for years. When we set aside monies for transportation, we need to do that. I'd be willing to set aside a bond issue for infrastructure. But we need to have a look at where that money comes from. And we are very close to our (state) bond capacity right now.

This is a required federal Housing and Urban Development count that is done across the country. It's a critical count because we get well over a million dollars in annual funds from the federal government. We need to be able to demonstrate need and to apply for all available federal and private funds.

The war in Iraq translates into a war against the people of the United States, because the billions of dollars being spent are draining money from social services, health and education.

[Saying that the relief work is] proceeding in a rather haphazard way, ... We must now look ahead to ensure that the massive amount of federal dollars are being spent effectively and efficiently on reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the effected Gulf Coast region.

Those numbers are outrageous, ... We need to let the Department of Education know that we need funds to support preventive programs. It's always the same schools that apply and receive funding. Well, that's going to end. Local schools will receive federal money to be spent on these needed programs.

It's breaking house rules which prevent a member from using travel funds for anything but their own travel. And it breaks federal Election Commission law, which requires that only campaign funds be used for campaign expenses.

If you want to save tax dollars, deferring your funds into a retirement account is probably the best solution. That money grows tax free and (if you take out a traditional IRA) you reduce your taxable income in the year you make the contribution.

Cindy Hockenberry

We're the capital of the free world. We are spending billions of dollars and, more importantly, American blood to bring democracy and self-determination to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. For more than two centuries, D.C. residents have fought in 10 wars and paid billions of dollars in federal taxes. They have fought to bring democratic freedoms to people in distant lands. But here, they lack what is arguably the most fundamental right of all.

I want to make it clear to sportsmen that this is federal money being spent, not Game and Fish dollars, ... But this is an excellent project.

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