A billion?! That’s chump change...
> A quick summary of FY2011 earmark requests:
>
> HOUSE
> dems- 18,189 earmarks $51.7 billion
> pubs- 241 earmarks $1 billion
>
> SENATE
> dems- 15,000 earmarks $55 billion
> pubs- 5,300 earmarks $22 billion
>
> TOTAL
> dems- 33,189 earmarks $106.7 billion
> pubs- 5,541 earmarks $23 billion
This is BS ‘reporting’
Two states turned down ‘hi-speed’ rail funding.......
and it just got given to another state!