Comments on: Hand Out Across the Aisle http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/03/27/hand-out-across-the-aisle/ The FreedomWorks blog dedicated to lower taxes and more freedom. Mon, 12 May 2008 02:02:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mass Guy http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/03/27/hand-out-across-the-aisle/#comment-79815 Mass Guy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:24:07 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/03/27/hand-out-across-the-aisle/#comment-79815 Many of us up here in Massachusetts (I know several people in the community, on Boston's South Shore, involved in this unwanted earmark) are astonished that this bipartisan boondoggle happened. Can someone with a better understanding of House Ethics or federal law, or both, than I certainly have tell us all how this is even legal -- A Congressman from one state helps secure an earmark for his family's property located in another state. If this is not illegal, we need to work to make it so. Thanks for any explanation. Many of us up here in Massachusetts (I know several people in the community, on Boston’s South Shore, involved in this unwanted earmark) are astonished that this bipartisan boondoggle happened. Can someone with a better understanding of House Ethics or federal law, or both, than I certainly have tell us all how this is even legal — A Congressman from one state helps secure an earmark for his family’s property located in another state. If this is not illegal, we need to work to make it so.

Thanks for any explanation.

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