LegiStorm used to dispute Bachmann's no-earmark declaration
Posted by LegiStorm on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) has found herself in a bit of hot water on earmarks by declaring:
"I have not taken earmarks in the last three years that I've been in Congress, because the system is so corrupt."
LegiStorm's searchable earmarks database, however, shows that Bachmann sponsored seven earmarks - two on her own and five co-sponsored with other members - that totaled $3,767,600. The data was generously researched and provided to LegiStorm by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
This discrepancy earned mention in several blogs and on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" where the liberal commentator tagged Bachmann with the moniker of "worst people in the world," a label he hands out each day to people, usually from the conservative political sphere, who ire him.
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