Earmark Policy News Today

Congressman, tell us what concerns you so much about this sale. >> this is $165 million earmark for the state of illinois which is bankrupt. it violates the obama administrations own earmark policy. it violates it. also, its strongly opposed by the families, and it sets the stage for the closure of guantanamo baby increasing space for de-- by increasing space either at that prison or at the supermax in colorado. and lastly, it jumps illinois, thompson prison where they were originally thinking o...