Yup, that's him. In case you didn't find a definition, it's where a politician gets a line added to a bill that "earmarks" some federal money for a particular project. The most famous one is from, I believe a senator, from Alaska. Several million to build a bride to an island in Alaska that has a population of 50! The bridge to Nowhere.

I think the stat they showed on the 60 minutes episode was that 5 yrs ago earmarks were 1/10 the size they are today.

>>They profiled a good guy from AZ on 60 minutes last week, who is trying to get rid of earmarks. He has both dem and repubs shouting him down.
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>>Hopefully, with a bunch of freshman coming in, others will join his fight.
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>Well, I was wondering what the heck were the earmarks and googling for it I think I found your guy's name <g> http://flake.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=1766