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  • December 2007

    • $16K on Flowers Accents Pelosi's Spending Spree

      The Hill  |  Dec 12, 07 1:00 PM CST

      $16K on Flowers Accents Pelosi's Spending Spree

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi spent 63% more in her first nine months as House speaker than Dennis Hastert did over the same period last year—including $16,000 on flowers, the Hill reports. Republicans said the $3 million figure gave the lie to Democrats’ promises of fiscal responsibility; Pelosi aides say the costs of the transfer to a new speaker are behind the uptick. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Nancy Pelosi  • Tom DeLay  • government spending  • flowers  • Dennis Hastert

  • September 2007

    • A Buck on Lobbying Rakes in $28

      BusinessWeek  |  Sep 11, 07 6:55 PM CDT

      A Buck on Lobbying Rakes in $28

      (Newser) - Mystery solved: companies rake in about $28 for every dollar spent lobbying Capitol Hill, BusinessWeek reports. According to the numbers, it's military contractors that get the most spending "earmarks" slipped into bills by lawmakers. But recent scandals over the system have prompted Bush and Pelosi to call for cuts in the Hill’s pork process – a slash that analysts say is only temporary.  More »

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      Boeing  • lobbyists  • legislation  • earmarks  • government spending

  • June 2007

    • States Discover, Spend Surpluses

      New York Times  |  Jun 11, 07 11:15 AM CDT

      States Discover, Spend Surpluses

      (Newser) - Oversized tax collection has left state governments with unexpected funds to dole out, and newly Democratic governments are working some big-government swagger. The Times reports that more than 40 states have deeper coffers than budgeted, and new money is going to local initiatives in education, health care and gay rights—and back to taxpayers. More »

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      Democrats  • education  • gay rights  • taxes  • state governments  • state sales tax  • government spending

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