The Department of Energy is denying Rep. John Murtha’s (D-Pa.) claim that it supports his $1 million earmark request for a project in his district aimed at protecting the nation’s natural-gas pipelines.
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DoE spokeswoman Anne Kolton said yesterday the earmark is not a program
that meets the department’s “mission critical” threshold, noting it was “inconsistent” with the department’s 2008 budget.
Anti-earmark crusader Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) challenged the earmark on the House floor Tuesday, asking if the “mysterious” Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure even existed because he and his staff couldn’t find a website for it. Flake’s challenge failed, 98-326.
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According to DoE spokeswoman Kolton, the same earmark was included in a 2007 appropriations bill, and that DoE leadership decided against supporting it then. The 2007 continuing spending resolution stripped out all the earmarks, so Murtha attached it to this year’s bill.
There has to be a way to stop this insane policy of wasting the taxpayer's money. I know it has become"business as usual" but it can not continue like this.
This story is about a Democrat - Murtha. I am not confident that things like this are happening on both sides.
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