1.0 link 171186 <![CDATA[Red States Gobble Up Omnibus Earmarks]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/02/red-states-gobble-up-omni_n_171186.html If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi.

According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense, Mississippi has won the earmark contest in the omnibus budget package.

Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran led his colleagues by raking in more than $470 million in 204 earmarks. Mississippi's junior Republican, Roger Wicker, pulled in more than $390 million. The totals can't be added together because the figure includes earmarks...

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