| | Riggs ponied up $100 for the fund. One week after inplementing the fund at the end of November, 2001, the fund amounted to $260. By the following April, the amount was between $2,000-$3,000. The program ended in June, 2002.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40100,00.html][http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/1/22/182422.shtml][http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/3/171750.shtml][http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/08/politics/main548369.shtml][http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1620] | | Riggs ponied up $100 for the fund. One week after inplementing the fund at the end of November, 2001, the fund amounted to $260. By the following April, the amount was between $2,000-$3,000. The program ended in June, 2002.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40100,00.html][http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/1/22/182422.shtml][http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/3/171750.shtml][http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/08/politics/main548369.shtml][http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1620] |
| | + | Democrat liberals decry the amount of money [[America]] has added to the budget deficit <ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.deficit29jul29,0,7585058.story?track=rss Record budget deficit predicted] LATimes, July 29, 2008</ref> then refuse to pass an [[earmark]] moratorium to limit government spending. <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/earmark.vote/ Senate rejects earmark moratorium] CNN, March 14, 2008</ref> |