Earmarks in the latest federal spending bill:
$1.5 million for “alternate fuel for cement processing” at Auburn University courtesy of Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
$1.5 million for the Southern Company’s “integrated distribution management system from Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
$1.5 million for the MidSouth/Southeast Bioenergy Consortium’s “research on the byproducts of biofuel consumption from senators Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)
$2 million for the Navajo Electrification Demonstration Program in Fort Defiance, Ariz. courtesy of senators Jeff Bingamen (D-N.M.) and Pete Domenici (R-N.M.)
Source: www.taxpayers.org
Taxpayers for Common Sense (Southside Times)
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