On congressional earmarks, Landrieu among big spenders

SOURCE: Gerard Shields // The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

15 Feb 2008 // U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu ranked as one of the highest members of Congress to sign her name to so-called earmark spending for home-state and special interest projects.

Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, secured $103.3 million in earmark spending by herself. She also signed her name onto spending requests with other Senate colleagues that gained $469.6 million.

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