'Earmarks' to nowhere: States losing billions - USATODAY.com: "WASHINGTON — Almost 13 years ago, Rep. David McIntosh, R-Ind., directed $375,000 in federal funding 'to improve State Road 31' in Columbus, Ind., a city at the edge of his district.
The McIntosh 'earmark' seemed routine at the time, like almost 2,000 other congressional pet projects that lawmakers inserted into the 1998 highway bill. But there was a problem: 'There is no State Road 31 that travels through Columbus, only U.S. 31,' says Will Wingfield, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Transportation."
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