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Poll: Federal Budget Has 8500 ‘Earmarks’

Question: Are you surprised by Congress' decision to pass a budget loaded with 8,500 "earmarks"?/Moscow-Pullman Daily News

  • I was hoping for more fiscal restraint
  • Earmarks will eventually help the local economy
  • I have no faith that Congress will do the right thing


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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