http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/capitol-assets/public-projects-private-interests
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Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R - Ala.)
Spending with family connections: $440,000
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Rep. Todd Akin (R - Mo.)
Earmark near personal property: $3.3 million
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Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D - N.J.)
Spending with family connections: $3.3 million
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Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R - Md.)
Earmark near personal property: $4.5 million
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Rep. Joe Barton (R - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property: $3 million
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Rep. Rob Bishop (R - Utah)
Spending with family connections: $1.5 million
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Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D - Ga.)
Spending with family connections: $200,000
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Rep. Corrine Brown (D - Fla.)
Spending with family connections: $23.7 million
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Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D - N.C.)
Earmark near personal property: $817,500
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Rep. Ken Calvert (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.2 million
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Rep. Danny K. Davis (D - Ill.)
Earmark near personal property: $800,000
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Rep. Norm Dicks (D - Wash.)
Spending with family connections: $15.9 million
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Rep. Joe Donnelly (D - Ind.)
Earmark near personal property: $935,000
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Rep. Kay Granger (R - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property with family connections: $51.9 million
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Rep. Doc Hastings (R - Wash.)
Earmark near personal property: $750,000
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Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D - N.Y.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.8 million
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Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property: $665,000
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Sen. James M. Inhofe (R - Okla.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.8 million
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Rep. Steve Israel (D - N.Y.)
Earmark near personal property: $490,000
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $815,000
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D - Tex.)
Spending with family connections: $5.3 million
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Sen. Tim Johnson (D - S.D.)
Spending with family connections: $4 million
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Rep. Jack Kingston (R - Ga.)
Earmark near personal property: $6.3 million
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Rep. Robert E. Latta (R - Ohio)
Spending with family connections: $2.8 million
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Rep. Jerry Lewis (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $2.7 million
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Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D - Ill.)
Spending with family connections: $2.5 million
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Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R - N.J.)
Earmark near personal property: $4.7 million
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Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D - Mass.)
Spending with family connections: $2.3 million
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Rep. Candice S. Miller (R - Mich.)
Earmark near personal property: $486,000
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Rep. Gary G. Miller (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.3 million
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska)
Earmark near personal property: $6.9 million
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Rep. John W. Olver (D - Mass.)
Earmark near personal property: $5.1 million
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Rep. Ed Pastor (D - Ariz.)
Spending with family connections: $4 million
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $50 million
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Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D - W.Va.)
Earmark near personal property: $20.1 million
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Sen. Harry M. Reid (D - Nev.)
Earmark near personal property: $21.5 million
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Rep. Harold Rogers (R - Ky.)
Earmark near personal property: $7.1 million
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Rep. Mike Ross (D - Ark.)
Earmark near personal property: $2.6 million
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Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D - Md.)
Earmark near personal property: $187,000
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Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D - Ill.)
Spending with family connections: $290,663
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Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $475,000
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Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R - Ala.)
Earmark near personal property: $124 million
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property: $950,000
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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D - Miss.)
Earmark near personal property: $900,000
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Rep. John F. Tierney (D - Mass.)
Earmark near personal property: $3.5 million
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R - Miss.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.5 million Spending with family connections: $45 million
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Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R - Fla.)
Spending with family connections: $73.2 million
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We've just GOT to clean 'em ALL out! New blood needed.
Sarah Palin - CPAC 2012: "The “Washington of the permanent political class” should not be “the playground for the government rich,” a place where “millionaires are minted overnight.”
I am also reminded, this is an election year, and the Washington Post has NEVER EVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS, come even close to giving a damn about excess spending.
Why now? I say this is an attempt to try to foster trouble in an effort to flip the House.
Sen. Tim Johnson’s son was recently appointed US District Attorney for South Dakota...gee do you think there was any influence used???
Earmark near personal property: $3.3 million
FYI. Isn't this guy running to unseat Claire?????
AMEN!
This is a big problem. A few hundred thousand here, a few hundred thousand there, and it adds up to real money.
People act like it’s going to be a great day when the NYT and Washington Post are no longer around, but these stories show that they still are capable of producing some admirable work.
Folks, this is The Washington Post. Skepticism is called-for.
Go to the website (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/capitol-assets/mapping-the-earmarks/) and read for yourself.
This looks to be nothing more than an attempt to have an effect on the 2012 elections. Sure, there are pokes at Democrats, but who really thinks Pelosi will be toppled by it?
Gee,Caligula’s horse would have worked for a bag of oats!
If a congressman owns property in his district, and if he secures federal funding for his district, as is standard and often truly appropriate behavior, it would be very hard to avoid the “earmark near personal property” tag.
Let’s be careful not to use too broad a brush.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/capitol-assets-some-legislators-send-millions-to-groups-connected-to-their-relatives/2012/01/10/gIQAyrzdxQ_print.html
“Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives”