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Congresspeople pass pork in order to get re-elected

Nearly a dozen House and Senate members who control federal spending, have hired lobbying veterans to raise campaign funds for them in return for lucrative favors. These favors, or "earmarks", have become so consuming to our incumbents seeking re-election, that they are neglecting their official duties.

Earmarks are special state or local projects tacked onto federal legislation; also called "pet projects" or "pork-barrel spending", it has almost tripled in the last ten years to 14,211 earmarks worth nearly $53 billion in 2005. Citizens Against Government Waste is a watchdog group that brings to light this and other wasteful spending by Congress.

This type of corruption has led to the recent conviction of a Republican House member and former GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Our representatives in Washington must have the discipline to control the amount of spending they appropriate every year, especially earmarks that are not national in scope. Vote Out Incumbents for Democracy asks that voters throw out our corruption this election year, and every election year to come, until Americans are served by ethical and repsonsible public servants again.

Source: Washington Post, Citizens Against Government Waste