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According to The Hill, the cost of earmarks increased this year despite lawmakers' promises to work on reducing pork-barrel spending:

Earmarks, which are inserted in appropriations bills by members in order to fund specific projects, added up to $19.9 billion in 2009, according to an analysis by the Taxpayers for Common Sense and Center for Responsive Politics. Earmarks in 2008 spending bills were worth $18.3 billion.
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