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April 25, 2008 - 10:30am

Pork Barrel Politics

By Wally Edge
Category: US Senate, HouseTags: pork, budget, earmarks, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Dave Reichert, Patty Murray, Norm Dicks, Boeing, Citizens Against Government Waste

Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dave Reichert have gone kosher and sworn off the pork. Which sounds admirable but also correlates to their effectiveness rating, and will likely get them less goodwill than a couple of good projects for their districts would have. On the other side, Rep. Norm Dicks won Citizens Against Government Waste’s “April Porker of the Month” for trying to get the Air Force to buy from Boeing. What nerve!

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"He's aware of the sentiment. He's listened to people, including his constituents. He'll continue to do so and we'll see what happens."

-- George Behan, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, on maintaining his support for U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton despite U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's momentum to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.

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