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Sat 22 Sep, 2007 09:36 pm
From
CNN.com
Quote:On Friday, Alaska decided the bridge really was going nowhere, officially abandoning the project in Ketchikan that became a national symbol of federal pork-barrel spending.
Quote:U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, both Republicans, championed the project through Congress two years ago, securing more than $200 million for the bridge between Revillagigedo and Gravina islands.
Politicians of both parties have used "pork barrel" bills to line the pockets of their buddies for too long.
@Curmudgeon,
Curmudgeon;38636 wrote:From
CNN.com
Politicians of both parties have used "pork barrel" bills to line the pockets of their buddies for too long.
And Stevens is in "free fall"....I'm elated.