“What’s the website number, Kenneth?” - Joe Biden
“How does anyone justify some of these earmarks: $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa; $2 million “for the promotion of astronomy” in Hawaii; $6.6 million for termite research in New Orleans; $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York.”
Here are some more earmarks included in the bill.
$1,049,000 for grasshoppers and Mormon crickets - sponsored by Sen. Bennett
$1,049,000 for the Jack Berryman Institute and Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, Utah and Mississippi - sponsored by Sens. Bennett, Cochran and Wicker
$5,024,000 for Sugarbeet/Avian Disease and Oncology Labs - sponsored by Sens. Levin and Stabenow
$2,494,000 for Climate forecasting - sponsored by Sens. Martinez and Bill Nelson, and Reps. Brad Miller, Allen Boyd, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Lincoln Diaz-Balart
$4,602,000 for Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research - sponsored by Sen. Specter and Rep. Tim Holden
$9,534,000 for Minerals Dietary Requirements for Good Health - sponsored by Sens. Conrad and Dorgan, and Rep. Earl Pomeroy