Farm bill full of pet causes backed by individual lawmakers

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:44 -0400

Farm bill full of pet causes backed by individual lawmakers - Boston Globe

by Pets (pets) @ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:44 -0400

WASHINGTON— A good farm bill wouldn't be complete without a little pork. Individual lawmakers, mostly senators, slipped several dozen "earmarks," or pet causes, into the $290 billion bill that have at best tentative connections to the tilling of ...

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