Congressional Quarterly reports today that 67 Democrats who voted to slash the defense budget by more than 20 percent have won earmarks for home-district projects, totaling about half a billion dollars. Nine of the 12 Democrats who voted against funding defense completely were among those who received earmarks. Some of the highlights:
- Dennis Kucinich, who proposes shifting $75 billion from the “bloated, wasteful Pentagon budget” toward education programs, voted against funding the Defense Department–even though the bill included his earmark of $1 million for a “highpower, lightweight zinc-air battery” made in Kucinich’s district.
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