Friday, April 18, 2008

Earmarks Supply Federal Funds to Local Projects

From Impact News April 17, 2008...

The City of Cedar Park has been able to upgrade Whitestone Boulevard thanks to federal funding provided through earmarks.

“An earmark is member-directed initiative spending,” U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-District 31, said. “It means that the [congressional] member and his district can recommend targeting a certain amount of spending for a certain project.”

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