Earmarks spearheaded by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., are catching serious scrutiny in a report by The New York Times for a small military part with a hefty price tag.Observes have commented in the past on how Rogers is known as the "Prince of Pork", which clashes with the GOP's austerity movement.Despite a ban on pork spending two years ago, the newspaper finds that Rogers has steered tens of millions of back to Kentucky company and the military has bought close to $6.5 million worth of the "leakproof" drip pans.From The New York Times:
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