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CAMPAIGN REFORM
FACT SHEET
1. Earmarks, Campaign Money, and Lobbying Figure 1: Growth in Total Number and Amount of
Expenditures Doubled Since 1998 Federal Appropriations Earmarks, 1998-2006
• The number of federal government earmarks--
$50 15,000
appropriations inserted by Members of Congress not Earmarks ($billions) Earmarks (#)
subject to regular budgetary procedures--tripled $45 12,500
$47 14,010
between 1998-2006 from 4,219 to 12,852 $45
12,852
• The amount of earmark spending nearly doubled from $40 10,000
$42 10,540
$28 billion in 1998 to $47 billion in 2006
• Total contributions to federal candidates and federal $35 7,500
lobbying expenditures increased by similar margins
from $750 million and $1.5 billion in 1998 to $1.4 billion $30 $33 5,000 6,073
and $2.6 billion in 2006, respectively
• Taxpayers spent an estimated $271 billion in total 4,219
$25 $28 2,500
earmark appropriations between 1991-2008, according to
Citizens Against Government Waste $20 0
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006