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APPENDIX
Complete List of TARP Recipients (as of March 11, 2009)
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
1 In recent testimony: Bret Baier, “Terrorism Is a ‘Man-Caused’ Disaster?” FoxNews.com, March 17, 2009, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509597,00.html.
2 $200,000 to fund: “A Sample of the 9,287 Omnibus Bill Earmarks,” www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/upload/porktable.html.
3 $190,000 for the Buffalo Bill: Ibid.
4 $2,192,000 for the Center: Ibid.
5 $1,791,000 to fund Swine Odor: Ibid.
1. OBAMA’S WAR ON PROSPERITY
6 9,287 earmarks: Brian M. Riedl, “Omnibus Spending Bill: Huge Spending and 9,000 Earmarks Represent Business as Usual,” Heritage.org, March 2, 2009, www.heritage.org/research/budget/wm2318.cfm.
7 $1,049,000 for control: “A Sample of the 9,287 Omnibus Bill Earmarks,” www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/upload/porktable.html.
8 $200,000 to fund: Ibid.
9 $190,000 for the Buffalo Bill: Ibid.
10 $2,673,000 for the Wood Education: Ibid.
11 $300,000 to promote women’s sports: Ibid.
12 $206,000 to promote “wool research”: Ibid.
13 $2,192,000 for the Center for Grape: Ibid.
14 $1,791,000 for Swine Odor: Ibid.
15 $45,000 for weed removal: Ibid.
16 $469,000 for a fruit fly: Ibid.
17 $800,000 for oyster rehabilitation: Ibid.
18 $4,545,000 for wood utilization: Jim Redden, “Federal Spending Bill Paves Way for State, Regional Projects,” Portland Tribune, March 11, 2009, www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=123679286085530500.
19 $75,000 to create a “totally teen zone”: “A Sample of the 9,287 Omnibus Bill Earmarks.”
20 $300,000 for research on migrating: “Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009,” GOP.gov, February 25, 2009, www.gop.gov/bill/111/1/hr1105.
21 $900,000 for Chicago planetarium “A Sample of the 9,287 Omnibus Bill Earmarks.”
22 $190,000 to buy trolleys: “Former Member Earmarks,” USA Today, www.usatoday.com/news/tabledata/formermemberearmarks.txt.
23 $380,000 for lighthouse renovation: Sue Clark, “Lighthouse Earmarks: Pork or Prize?,” March 15, 2009, http://lighthouse-news.com/2009/03/15/lighthouse-earmarks-pork-or-prize/.
24 $7,800,000 for sea turtle research: “Hawaii Related Projects in Omnibus Bill Will Receive $372 Million,” Akaka.Senate.Gov, March 10, 2009, http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Home&month=3&year=2009&release_id=2579.
25 $2,600,000 to monitor the population: Ibid.
26 $1,500,000 for research on Pelagic: Ibid.
27 $650,000 for beaver research: Barbara Barrett, “‘Beaver’ Earmark in Budget Draws Attention,” McClatchyDC.Com, March 6, 2009, www.mcclatchydc.com/politics/story/63464.html.
28 $1,700,000 for a honey bee: “Weslaco Bee Lab Funded,” Brownsville Herald, http://home. ezezine.com/1636/1636-2009.03.12.08.34.archive.html.