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Ron Paul's Earmarks

By The Daily Dish

Mar 1 2009, 6:51 AM ET

Even libertarians get their pork:

Paul played a role in obtaining 22 earmarks worth $96.1 million, which led the Houston congressional delegation, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of more than 8,500 congressionally mandated projects inserted into the bill. His earmarks included repair projects to the Galveston Seawall damaged by Hurricane Ike and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.



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