…during the years in which Republicans have had nominal control of Congress–for example, $24 million for Notre Dame since 2000, even though it has an endowment of more than $3 billion. According to journalist John Fund: · There are 17,000 such earmarks. · Their value has exploded ten times over during the Republican regime. · The number of lobbyists hot in pursuit of them has tripled from 1,500 to 4000.

What programs are these earmarks funding? The public should demand an accounting for every taxpayer dollar spent.