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Robin Carnahan for US Senate
Robin Carnahan Statement on Ending Wasteful Earmark Spending
For Immediate Release:
March 11, 2010
Contact:
Linden Zakula
314-367-2004
**Radio Actuality Attached**
Saint Louis, MO – Robin Carnahan, who has called for an end to the system of wasteful earmark spending in Washington, issued a statement today about how Congress needs to get serious on cutting spending by ending earmarks once and for all.
Republicans want to stop the practice of wasteful earmark spending for just a year and the Democrats want to ban only certain kinds of earmarks – I’ve got a better solution: ban them all. This is the problem with Washington and it’s time to get serious about cutting wasteful spending.
Congressman Blunt has long supported the wasteful earmarking process and, during his tenure in Washington, earmarks have increased seven-fold from just 1,596 earmarks in 1997 to nearly 12,000 in 2008 and costing taxpayers over $228 billion. It is time for Washington politicians like Congressman Blunt to put fiscal responsibility before their pet projects.
Audio statement:
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