Exposing Earmarks
There were over 1,800 earmarks in the 109th Labor HHS Bill, and we wanted to know where they came from. A variety of people helped figure it out, by researching and posting in the comment section on this blog post.
In 2007, Sunlight Foundation teamed up with Taxpayers for Common Sense and launched EarmarkWatch, a site dedicated to exposing earmarks and their details. 2008 earmarks are currently available at EarmarkWatch and the 2009 earmarks will be available in the fall of 2008.
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