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Can you imagine members of the Congress spending your money to fund a National Peanut Festival, mariachi music grants or a museum of teapots? Well, they have, and will almost certainly approve similar expenditures in the future through an often-maligned, but rarely prevented budgetary vehicle called "earmark spending." [Learn more...]

Also See: The Federal Budget Process

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