Dec 13 2007

Hillary Clinton: $500,000,000 in porkbarrel money to donors

Since 2001, Hillary Clinton has delivered $500 million worth of earmarks that have specifically benefited 59 corporations. 64% of those corporations provided funds to her campaigns through donations made by executives, board members, or lobbyists. Clinton has earmarked more than $2.3 billion in federal appropriations for projects. Since Clinton arrived in the Senate, she has collected in excess of $1 million from earmark beneficiaries and their associates.read more | digg story