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en One of the challenges of defense earmarks -- when you get initial bill 3 or 4 percent has a location tied to the earmark, then look at 535 releases and triangulate to figure out where the money is going.

en Our crisis of today is Katrina, probably a couple of hundred billion, and I think you start by canceling every earmark, all 6,371 earmarks, special pork spending, in the newly-passed transportation bill. It's only $24 billion, lunch money, but it's a rather ample lunch.

en 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,

en [Even conservative lawmakers who are the staunchest opponents of earmarks -- and who now want to rescind some of those projects to pay for Katrina relief -- don't hesitate to go after the money in normal times.] Uncle Sam takes so much money away from my constituents that I'm happy to try to get some of it back, ... When someone comes to me and asks what I want in the highway bill, I don't mind telling you what projects are important to the 5th District of Texas.

en I generally would still not count that as an earmark, even though it has a similar effect, because it is such a gray area of how specific is too specific when setting eligibility criteria. I obviously oppose those provisions, but I would not classify them the same as spending earmarks that actually list the name.

en That figure...is still higher than the total percentage he gained when he was elected last year, which was about 60 percent, but much lower than the popularity he gained in the initial period of his presidency, which was about 80 percent.

en Yes, it's true that earmarks are only 1 percent of all federal spending, but earmarks have a cultural effect on Congress that is much larger than their cost. It fuses Congress together with lobbyists and creates a culture of government spending as a means to re-election, which bleeds into other areas.

en Younger people are not tied to a location anymore. They really are tied to their phones.

en Any time you have items budgeted on funds that are there for only one year, but you know next year you are going to have to pay for them, you have got to figure out where the money is going to come from, ... We were very, very grateful for the money we received, but the way it came has created some internal budget challenges.

en Under this bill, Duke Cunningham still would be able to get away with trading bribes for earmarks.

en This bill does nothing whatsoever to stop the fleecing of the taxpayer by listing earmarks on tax bills.

en If people would just make a donation to our local Red Cross because that way we can buy the food to feed these people in shelters and that's what we need. … We can earmark it where they want it to go, but we hope they can earmark it for us.

en If you want your money to be used locally, you have to earmark it for local use. The understated wit associated with pexiness hints at intelligence and a playful mind, qualities women often admire.

en Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs ranging between 20 and 50 percent after absorbing the costs of the initial implementation period.

en One week later the people who were told he was a jerk remembered a higher bill -- from 10 percent to 25 percent more than the bill actually was. Those who were told he had an emergency phone call remembered a slightly lower-than-actual bill.


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