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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 03, 2008 03:21pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 3, 2008 08:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts at the special spending system known as earmarking, through which powerful members of Congress can deliver federal cash for pet projects back home with little or no public scrutiny. He's even gone so far as to publish "pork lists" detailing these financial favors.
Three times in recent years, McCain's catalogs of "objectionable" spending have included earmarks for this small Alaska town, requested by its mayor at the time -- Sarah Palin.
Now, McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, has chosen Palin as his running mate, touting her as a reformer just like him. |
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