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<h1 style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/RRHKUP/A73IQJ/MSO36W/A8ECBE/ZB8TSR/JY/h?a=http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2012/01/12/gIQA97HGvQ_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post releases unprecedented report on congressional earmarks</a></h1>

<br>Thirty-three members of Congress have steered more than $300 million
 in earmarks and other spending provisions to dozens of public projects 
that are next to or near the lawmakers' own property, according to a 
Washington Post investigation. Under the ethics rules Congress has 
written for itself, this is both legal and undisclosed. <br>
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In the first review of its kind, The Post analyzed public records on the
 holdings of all 535 members and compared them with earmarks members had
 sought for pet projects, most of them since 2008. The process uncovered
 appropriations for work in close proximity 
to commercial and residential real estate owned by the lawmakers or 
their family members. The review also found 16 lawmakers who sent tax 
dollars to companies, colleges or community programs where their 
spouses, children or parents work as salaried employees or serve on 
boards. <br><br>
<br>Read more at:<br>
<a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/RRHKUP/A73IQJ/MSO36W/A8ECBE/8A7VLB/JY/h?a=http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2012/01/12/gIQA97HGvQ_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2012/01/12/gIQA97HGvQ_story.html</a><br>
<br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br>-- <br>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>