September 14, 2007
Congress Leaves Plenty of Pork on Its Plate
Although the new Democratic Congress has pledged to cut in half the amount spent on earmarked projects in 2008, lawmakers so far have hardly tightened the belt on pork for research and development, a new study has found.
Congress has yet to complete appropriations bills for 2008, which begins in October. But an association's analysis of bills drafted so far offers some preliminary trends. Measures drawn up in the House of Representatives contain $529-million in earmarks for
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