Harry Reid Slipped in His Own Projects

   Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is beginning to look alot like " the dead of night" Republicans that made it a habit of throwing in home state projects into major bills passed by Congress.

    Mr. Reid slipped in 2 add-ons for his home state of Nevada last week in the last major bill that Congress passed before  saying bye-bye.

   Number 1 was a transfer of federal land in Nevada to state and private control and number 2 was a $4 million grant for a hospice. Neither had been approved by any congressional committee.

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Congressional Earmarks 2005!

   Mr. Bush congratulated the 109th Congress for ridding three of the bigger cabinet departments of almost all of their earmarks.

109th Congress: 15,877 earmarks added into spending bills.

    That is up from 6,073 in 2000.

    Here are some more stats on the 109th Congress!