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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

CRS? Appropriate?


Does anyone actually really “wonder” why the “research service” that tracks pork spending has been “disbanded”?

Simply amazing.

Transparency takes a hitBy Robert BlueySaturday, March 31, 2007

Long before many Americans paid attention to pork-barrel spending, the Congressional Research Service did. The legislative agency, tasked with producing reports for members of Congress, monitored the rapid rise of earmarks for 12 years, beginning when Republicans swept into power in 1995.

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