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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 706275" data-attributes="member: 12952">Re: Obamanation here today[<a href="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/after-health-care-vote-stupak-11-request-34-billion-worth-earmar/" target="_blank">link to reporting.sunlightfoundation.com</a>]A day after Rep. Bart&nbsp; Stupak, D-Mich., and ten other House members compromised on their&nbsp; pro-life position to deliver the necessary yes-votes to pass health care&nbsp; reform, the &quot;Stupak 11&quot; released their fiscal year 2011 earmark&nbsp; requests, which total more than $4.7 billion--an average of $429 million&nbsp; worth of earmark requests for each lawmaker.Stupak requested more than&nbsp; $578 million in earmarks, including $125 million for a replacement lock&nbsp; on the Sault Ste. Marie, $25.6 million to build a federal courthouse in&nbsp; Marquette, Mich., $15 million to repaint the Mackinac Bridge and&nbsp; $800,000 to preserve the Quincy Mining Company smelter near Hancock in&nbsp; Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Granting earmark requests&nbsp; are one of the ways leadership can encourage members to vote their way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 706275, member: 12952"] [b]Re: Obamanation here today[/b] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][URL="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/after-health-care-vote-stupak-11-request-34-billion-worth-earmar/"]link to reporting.sunlightfoundation.com[/URL][COLOR=#000000]] [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]A day after Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and ten other House members compromised on their pro-life position to deliver the necessary yes-votes to pass health care reform, the "Stupak 11" released their fiscal year 2011 earmark requests, which total more than $4.7 billion--an average of $429 million worth of earmark requests for each lawmaker. [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Stupak requested more than $578 million in earmarks, including $125 million for a replacement lock on the Sault Ste. Marie, $25.6 million to build a federal courthouse in Marquette, Mich., $15 million to repaint the Mackinac Bridge and $800,000 to preserve the Quincy Mining Company smelter near Hancock in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000] Granting earmark requests are one of the ways leadership can encourage members to vote their way.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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