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  • Graham defends earmarks on 'Meet the Press' [and calls for bipartisan McCain-Obama meeting]

    03/08/2009 9:28:57 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 20 replies · 661+ views
    U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham defended earmarks he inserted in the federal budget, including one U.S. Sen. John McCain, Graham's close friend and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, listed as one of the "10 Porkiest" projects in the budget. Graham has also urged President Obama to veto the budget Graham says has too much pork. Earmarks are one-time spending items members of Congress insert in the budget that are typically sent to projects and programs in their own states. Graham earmarked $950,000 for the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. He has by one count 37 earmarks in the federal budget. "I voted...