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The number of earmarks inserted in appropriations bills by lawmakers rose sharply in fiscal 2008, after plummeting in the previous two fiscal years.

SOURCE: Citizens Against Government Waste | GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - April 29, 2008

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Friends of the Earmark Make Themselves Heard
Article | The hottest document on Capitol Hill is an anonymous six-page white paper that defends, of all things, earmarks -- those much-maligned home-state projects that lawmakers shoehorn into spending bills.

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