Taxpayers for Common Sense: Reid delivers for Nevada

Taxpayers for Common Sense released a report this week that shows that Sen. Harry Reid brings home more federal earmark dollars than the rest of the Nevada delegation combined, coming in sixth in the senate in solo earmarks and eighth in joint earmarks. Nevada got more in earmark dollars last year than most other states, coming in 10th in per capita dollars thanks to Reid.

Earmarks are a crucial way Nevada competes with other states for federal dollars for crucial projects such as infrastructure improvements, military construction and flood control projects. Without earmarks, Nevada would receive much less federal funding per capita than other states because state government doesn’t fund many programs as robustly as other states do.

So while Sen. Reid brought home more than a quarter billion dollars in funding for important projects and services in the state of Nevada, U.S. Senate candidates Sue Lowden, Danny Tarkanian and Sharron Angle will swear off earmarks, leaving Nevada out in the cold while other states take home much-needed funding.