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At 09:35 PM 10/4/96 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote: > The next time we are asked where the $100 million >for Parkinson's research should come from, we should keep >in mind this report from tonight's edition of the Buffalo >News: > >"In election year budgeting, Congress takes pains to bring >home the bacon" > > Among the items reported that were included in the >$389 billion spending bill that was passed before Congress >adjourned was the following: > >"$166 million for three WC-130 aircraft, which are specially >equipped to fly into hurricanes and monitor them. They are >built by Lockheed Martin Corp. in Marietta, Ga., in Gingrich's >district, and based at Kessler Air Force Base in >Mississippi - home state of Senate majority leader Trent >Lott. The administration did not request the planes." > >The bill also included "$3 million to begin building the >New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park, thanks to Sen. >Bennett Johnston, D-La., who is retiring," and Pennsylvania >"will receive $3 million under a federal vocational >education program, even though the courts declared the >state ineligible for the money. The provision was inserted >by (Sen.) Specter." > >Senator Lott was quoted as saying, "Yeah, there's a little >pork here and there. But of course, you know pork is in >the eye of the beholder." > >Linda Herman >[log in to unmask] >