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Alabama Pulls Big Federal Earmarks

Alabama Public Radio

Published March 16, 2009 at 6:32 AM CDT

By Alabama Public Radio

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wual/local-wual-826154.mp3

Washington DC – Congress packed the first federal budget of the year with eighty-five hundred earmarks, also known as federal dollars for home state projects. These earmarks earned Congress a qualified rebuke from President Barack Obama. But Alabama lawmakers stand by their shares of earmarks. From the Capital News Connection, Matt Laslo has more.

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