Government Watchdog Says Congressional Earmarks Are the ‘Currency of Corruption’

Local and community projects funded by tax money allocated by Congress, commonly known as “earmarks,” are often wasteful and conducive to corruption, said the CEO of a government watchdog organization.
Government Watchdog Says Congressional Earmarks Are the ‘Currency of Corruption’
Adam Andrzejewski, the CEO and founder of the government watchdog organization OpenTheBooks.com, in Washington on July 26, 2023. Wei Wu/The Epoch Times
Ella Kietlinska
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Local and community projects funded by tax money allocated by Congress, commonly known as “earmarks,” are often wasteful and conducive to corruption, said the CEO of a government watchdog organization.

An earmark is “a pet project requested by a member of Congress for their own district,” said Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.com, an Illinois-based nonprofit watchdog.

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