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Do you remember back about two years ago Congress swore off Earmarks? In fact I think it was closer to a year and a half ago. Well Congressmen are really beginning to feel the heat over such a dastardly attack on their constituents. After all it was to these constituents that the money went. Well, okay a fair amount found it's way back to the Congressman. Now you might be aghast to find that out, but here's how it worked. If you were a constituent who wanted some special tax breaks or an interest free loan or a grant, you made a donation of some significant amount to the Congressman. If it was big enough, the Congressman got you what you want. So, okay, you and they, could claim the earmark had nothing to do with the donation, wink, wink. Well anyway, they voted not to do that sort of thing anymore. Well anymore is about to run out. And the next thing on Congresses mind is How Much More. You heard it correct. They're trying to figure out how to get that helpful program back. That's because 56 Congressmen have cosigned a bill to bring it back in some form or other. Mainly they're going to start with allowing Tariffs to be relaxed by request. That's unofficially answering requests to do so. There's just one problem though. If you stop levying a tariff on something then the government loses that income from foreign products. Which means budget shortfalls.