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Senate Plans Billions in Earmarks, Including $20M for Ted Kennedy Memorial

Akennas55 Wrote: Sep 27, 2009 1:05 AM
You need to stop while you are behind - several means exactly what BM quoted, it does not mean seven. 4.2 decades fits perfectly within the definition of "several decades". You are making Munck look good - is that what you want?
A big military spending bill making its way through Congress is (rightfully) drawing fire from fiscal conservatives... like myself.  The bill includes an earmark submitted by Sen. John Kerry (D-Ma.) that has absolutely nothing to do with national defense: $20 million for an "educational institute" honoring late Senator Ted Kennedy
The earmark...requires US taxpayers to help the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate realize its goal of building a...