Return to Article: Senator takes aim at agency 'skimming' of earmarks

By Peter Cohn CongressDaily January 15, 2008
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    So if this "skimming" is required to administer the earmark, then why do some agencies charge up to 20% and some charge nothing at all. This smacks of an easy way to pay for pet projects and should be held to some standard and the agencies should ba accountable and should have to justify the expenses they charge.

    Back to Reality Posted January 17, 2008 10:57 PM
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    Oh the irony and hypocrisy in this! Common sense is not common, especially in the beltway. LMAO Ben needs to call 1-800-cry-baby

    sniveling bureaucratic beancounter Posted January 16, 2008 8:22 AM
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    Ah Yes. ANother example of the COngressional belief that you can get something for nothing. The argument is actually reversed in that without agencies taking from the earmark to cover the administrative expenses of managing an unplanned program, they would be in violation of the appropriation bill funding them by expending resources on a program not budegted for. Congress can't have their cake and eat it to. Time they stood up and learned how business is done in the real world and that what they see as simple dictates come at a cost for the governement to deliver it's promary services to their customer, the American public.

    A Former Programmer Posted January 16, 2008 8:04 AM
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    Earmarks can also be used to follow Intelligence Committee funding. Oversight was needed during the planning and funding of the Afghanistan war. Intelligence Committee funds went to 'friends' and 'professional associations.' The funding just went right by the agencies who funded the 'friends' and 'professional associations.'

    Drow Posted January 15, 2008 8:28 PM

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